Research

Looking for information on stop and search? Read our factsheets detailing the various types of powers

Read StopWatch's full and detailed response to the Home Office's consultation on changes to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Commissioned findings of the Home Office's pilot portray a fundamental dishonesty in the justification of the use of the stop and search power

Looking for stop and search info on your local police force? Our timeseries dashboard maps out the volume, rate, and racial disparity of stop and search activity across England and Wales

On Serious Violence Reduction Orders: what are they, what additional powers do they give police officers, and why might these new civil orders end up doing more harm than good

Our response to the Home Office's white paper which outlines a demand reduction strategy to tackle current levels of recreational drug use across the United Kingdom

Our response to the Office for National Statistics consultation on how questions are set for the national crime survey

Our response to the consultation 'on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022'

Our response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport's consultation 'on reforms to create an ambitious, pro-growth and innovation-friendly data protection regime that underpins the trustworthy use of data'

StopWatch response to the stakeholder consultation on handcuffing expresses concern over the lack of accountability for improper use of the tactic

The new orders proposed in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will be neither proportionate nor likely to be effective in combating violent crime

Our response to the consultation on the policing inspection programme and framework run by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

Research finds that there is little clarity on the legality of seizing mobile phones during stop and search encounters

Black people are 9 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs in England and Wales despite using fewer drugs than White people. Cannabis laws criminalise the Black community at disproportionate rates

Report authored by Dr Patrick Williams, senior lecturer in criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University

StopWatch and Liberty produce report which raises concerns about racial profiling in driver-based police stops

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has launched an investigation into the policing and security arrangements of the Notting Hill Carnival. StopWatch and Release share our response here

StopWatch offers feedback on the strengths and areas for improvement in the latest guidance from the Royal College of Policing for stop and search training

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

StopWatch responds to the Scottish government's consultation on stop and search

Our teams of young people in Bristol, Cardiff and Wellingborough undertook research into young people's experiences of stop and search. Read about what they found in our new report

Read our submission to the Home Office public consultation on a new code of practice for schedule 7

We submit an 80-page report to the government that reviews the law and practice on stop and search and makes wide-ranging recommendations for change

After a recent review conducted by the Home Office, the government has proposed legislative changes to schedule 7 stop, search and detention powers at UK's ports and airports

Black South West Network, supported by the Black Training and Enterprise Group, publish report on the attitudes of young BME people in Avon and Somerset to the police and criminal justice system