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| Ethnic minority stop and search rates double since 1999: get the data | Ethnic minority stop and search rates double since 1999: get the data |
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| Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are twice as likely to be stopped by police as they were at the publication of the Macpherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. | Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are twice as likely to be stopped by police as they were at the publication of the Macpherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. |
| Among black people the stop and search rate rose by 120% between 1999/2000 and 2009/2010, while for white people the increase was just 7% - from 1.5 to 1.6 per 1,000 citizens. | Among black people the stop and search rate rose by 120% between 1999/2000 and 2009/2010, while for white people the increase was just 7% - from 1.5 to 1.6 per 1,000 citizens. |
| The figures come from research carried out for the Guardian by Oxford University criminologist Dr Ben Bradford to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. | The figures come from research carried out for the Guardian by Oxford University criminologist Dr Ben Bradford to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. |
| Vikram Dodd has the full story here, where he writes: | Vikram Dodd has the full story here, where he writes: |
| The research, based on analysis of official figures, reveals that the differing rates resulted in black and Asian people experiencing 1.478m "excess" searches in the decade after Macpherson. If white people had been stopped at the same rate as black people, police would have carried out 40m more stops in the 10-year period. | The research, based on analysis of official figures, reveals that the differing rates resulted in black and Asian people experiencing 1.478m "excess" searches in the decade after Macpherson. If white people had been stopped at the same rate as black people, police would have carried out 40m more stops in the 10-year period. |
| The figures show that 62,521 black, Asian or minority ethnic people were searched in 1999/2000, but 10 years on the total had risen to between 80,898 (self-assessed ethnicity) and 105,511 (officer assessed ethnicity, as used until 2007). | The figures show that 62,521 black, Asian or minority ethnic people were searched in 1999/2000, but 10 years on the total had risen to between 80,898 (self-assessed ethnicity) and 105,511 (officer assessed ethnicity, as used until 2007). |
| The full data on expected search rates if ethnicities were reversed is below. | The full data on expected search rates if ethnicities were reversed is below. |
| Data summary | Data summary |
| Expected number of searches if minority populations searched at same rate as white majority , and vice versa | Expected number of searches if minority populations searched at same rate as white majority , and vice versa |
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