Here are the MPS #stopsearch monthly totals by reason for search/power, fr June 2018 to June 2020. Huge increase in totals over the period, driven by drugs stops (s23).

The s60 totals are in red at the bottom (Jan& #39;20 1.2k, Feb 505, Mar 710, Apr 292, May 1.4k, Jun 678).

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And here are the monthly percentages by reason for search/power for the same period.

s60 peaked at 27% in Aug18 and 12% in Aug19 (both Notting Hill Carnival). Was 4.6% in Jan 2020, 2.2% in Feb, 3.0% in Mar, 1.0% in Apr, 3.3% in May and 2.3% in June #stopsearch

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Here are the s60 monthly totals and as a percentage of all #stopsearch.

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So there was a spike in s60 totals in May& #39;20 (albeit lower than Mar& #39;19), but if anything Apr & Jun were relatively low, and the % in May wasn& #39;t esp high (eg lower than Jan).

The main story is the overeall increase in #stopsearch esp re drugs/s23.

For ref, here& #39;s the data.

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