If you complain about Lancashire Constabulary and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 15.0% of 140 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 32nd highest of 43 forces and 9.5 points below the national figure of 24.5%. Lancashire Constabulary recorded 75,767 stop and searches between 2023-07 to 2026-06, and 78.7% ended in no further action.

15%

of completed reviews found Lancashire Constabulary's own complaint outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

IOPC, 2024/25. 21 of 140 reviews.

318

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 1,998 cases, 6,291 employees.

78.7%

of stop and searches ended in no further action

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06. 57,822 of 73,486 recorded outcomes.

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Of the people Lancashire Constabulary searched where ethnicity was recorded, the largest group was recorded as White at 77.0%, which is 52,892 of 68,693 searches.

Source: data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Lancashire Constabulary

Complaint cases logged	1,998
Employees	6,291
Cases per 1,000 employees	317.6 (36th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	56
Review applications to the IOPC	44

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	108	12	11.1%

Stop and search by Lancashire Constabulary

Searches recorded	75,767
Period	2023-07 to 2026-06
Months of data	36 of 36
Ended in no further action	78.7%

What Lancashire Constabulary searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	46,425
Offensive weapons	8,989
Article for use in theft	8,851
Stolen goods	3,440
Articles for use in criminal damage	554

Who Lancashire Constabulary searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	52,892	77.0%
Asian	13,307	19.4%
Black	2,010	2.9%
Other	484	0.7%

Calculated over the 68,693 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 90.7% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Lancashire Constabulary area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Black	2.9%	0.7%	4.1x
Asian	19.4%	10.4%	1.9x
White	77.0%	86.6%	0.9x
Other	0.7%	0.8%	0.9x

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. Lancashire Constabulary did not record officer-defined ethnicity for 9.3% over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Lancashire Constabulary

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	9,792
2021/22	12,000
2022/23	18,421
2023/24	23,566
2024/25	28,909

Recorded use of force by Lancashire Constabulary has risen 195.2% 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	471
Of which discharged	47
Share actually discharged	10.0%

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

Complaining to Lancashire Constabulary

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Lancashire Constabulary official websiteSource: data.police.uk
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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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Lancashire Constabulary 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.

Preston man banned from Lancashire stores following Criminal Behaviour Order Lancashire Constabulary · 28 Aug 2026
Morecambe campaigner calls for openness over police use of controversial AI Beyond Radio · 27 Aug 2026
Man who allegedly set fire to police car and van in Blackburn named Lancashire Telegraph · 27 Aug 2026
Lancashire Police News Homepage Lancashire Constabulary · 26 Aug 2026
Two Vape Shops in Lancaster Hit with Closure Orders Lancashire Constabulary · 26 Aug 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 2026-06. Accessed 2026-08-29.
Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.

Data last refreshed 29 August 2026, covering 2023-07 to 2026-06. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.