If you complain about Humberside Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 14.2% of 106 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 34th highest of 43 forces and 10.3 points below the national figure of 24.5%. Humberside Police recorded 16,217 stop and searches between 2023-07 to 2026-07, and 71.3% ended in no further action.

2,308

police officers, full-time equivalent

Home Office, as at 31 March 2026. Up 3.2% since 2007.

2.41

stop and searches recorded per officer per year

16,217 searches over 35 months of published data, against 2,308 officer FTE.

14.2%

of completed reviews found Humberside Police's own complaint outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

IOPC, 2024/25. 15 of 106 reviews.

428

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 1,682 cases, 3,933 employees.

71.3%

of stop and searches ended in no further action

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-07. 11,119 of 15,584 recorded outcomes.

497

searches involved removal of more than outer clothing

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-07.

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Humberside Police recorded 497 searches involving removal of more than outer clothing.

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Complaints about Humberside Police

Complaint cases logged	1,682
Employees	3,933
Cases per 1,000 employees	427.7 (18th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	92
Review applications to the IOPC	20

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	93	13	14.0%

Stop and search by Humberside Police

Searches recorded	16,217
Period	2023-07 to 2026-07
Months of data	35 of 36
Ended in no further action	71.3%
More than outer clothing removed	497

What Humberside Police searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	9,844
Offensive weapons	2,884
Stolen goods	1,614
Detailed object of search unavailable	916
Article for use in theft	677

Who Humberside Police searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	13,840	90.6%
Black	474	3.1%
Asian	417	2.7%
Other	390	2.6%
Mixed	159	1.0%

Calculated over the 15,280 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 94.2% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Humberside Police area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Black	2.8%	0.8%	3.5x
Other	2.0%	0.9%	2.2x
Asian	3.1%	2.1%	1.5x
White	91.7%	95.0%	1.0x
Mixed	0.4%	1.2%	0.3x

What this ratio is and is not. It compares the share of searches to the share of people resident in this force area at the 2021 Census. It takes no account of who is present in a place rather than living there, which matters most in city centres and transport hubs. A ratio above one means a group is searched more often than its resident share, and that is a pattern requiring explanation, not evidence of discrimination in itself. Groups under 0.5% of the resident population are omitted because the figure becomes unstable. Every force compared.

Recording gaps. Humberside Police did not record officer-defined ethnicity for 5.8% over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Humberside Police

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	7,899
2021/22	10,670
2022/23	8,493
2023/24	15,805
2024/25	17,974

Recorded use of force by Humberside Police has risen 127.5% since 2020/21. Nationally the total rose 39.4% over the same period, so this force is rising faster than the national trend.

Taser use

Total recorded Taser uses	1,262
Of which discharged	92
Share actually discharged	7.3%

Most recorded Taser use is drawing, aiming or red-dotting rather than firing. The share actually discharged is the figure worth knowing.

Complaining to Humberside Police

Complaints go to the force first. Use its own official channel so the complaint is recorded properly and you get written confirmation.

Humberside Police official websiteSource: data.police.uk
Telephone: 101Non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.

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Complaining to a force and bringing a claim against it are different processes with different outcomes. Reviews overturn the force's own finding in roughly a quarter of cases nationally, which makes the review stage worth understanding before you use it.

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Humberside Police in the news

The five most recent reports mentioning this force, collected automatically. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named. We do not edit, summarise or endorse them, and inclusion here does not imply any finding against anyone.

Cannabis plants worth £33,500 found in Hull property Hull Live · 12 Oct 2026
Operation Makesafe Humberside Police · 11 Oct 2026
01/FOI/26/007796/J - Robert Bush interview and arrest footage Humberside Police · 11 Oct 2026
01/FOI/26/007792/F - Domestic Abuse during the world cup Humberside Police · 11 Oct 2026
01/FOI/26/007802/Q - Racially motivated hate crimes Humberside Police · 10 Oct 2026

Sources

Independent Office for Police Conduct, police complaints statistics for England and Wales, 2024/25.
data.police.uk stop and search API, 2023-07 to 2026-07. Accessed 2026-09-12.
Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.

Data last refreshed 12 September 2026, covering 2023-07 to 2026-07. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.