Claim: Stop and search is achieving a higher arrest rate.
Fact-check: Stop and search: higher arrest rate? - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. the arrest rate in england and wales rose from 8% in 2009/10 to 17% in 2016/17. the number of stop and searches fell from 1.3 million to 300,000 between those years.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-04-20T00:00:00