If you complain about Lincolnshire Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 26.3% of 137 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 13th highest of 43 forces and 1.8 points above the national figure of 24.5%. Lincolnshire Police recorded 7,041 stop and searches between 2023-07 to 2026-01, and 91.7% ended in no further action.

26.3%

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

IOPC, 2024/25. 36 of 137 reviews.

530

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 1,263 cases, 2,382 employees.

91.7%

of stop and searches ended in no further action

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-01. 6,454 of 7,041 recorded outcomes.

124

searches involved removal of more than outer clothing

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-01.

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59.3% of searches by Lincolnshire Police were carried out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

Source: data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-01. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Lincolnshire Police

Complaint cases logged	1,263
Employees	2,382
Cases per 1,000 employees	530.2 (6th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	127
Review applications to the IOPC	19

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	127	31	24.4%

Stop and search by Lincolnshire Police

Searches recorded	7,041
Period	2023-07 to 2026-01
Months of data	31 of 36
Ended in no further action	91.7%
More than outer clothing removed	124

What Lincolnshire Police searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	4,306
Offensive weapons	1,270
Article for use in theft	662
Stolen goods	422
Evidence of offences under the Act	107

Who Lincolnshire Police searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	6,058	92.2%
Black	271	4.1%
Asian	151	2.3%
Other	94	1.4%

Calculated over the 6,574 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 93.4% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Lincolnshire Police area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Black	4.1%	0.6%	6.8x
Other	1.4%	0.6%	2.3x
Asian	2.3%	1.6%	1.4x
White	92.2%	96.0%	1.0x

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. Lincolnshire Police did not record officer-defined ethnicity for 6.6% over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Lincolnshire Police

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	4,801
2021/22	4,933
2022/23	5,487
2023/24	4,831
2024/25	5,306

Recorded use of force by Lincolnshire Police has risen 10.5% since 2020/21. Nationally the total rose 39.4% over the same period, so this force is below the national trend.

Taser use

Total recorded Taser uses	552
Of which discharged	57
Share actually discharged	10.3%

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

Complaining to Lincolnshire Police

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

Lincolnshire 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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Lincolnshire 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.

Grantham man found guilty of sex offences Lincolnshire Police · 29 Aug 2026
WANTED: Police appeal to find wanted man with links to Market Deeping and Spalding Peterborough Telegraph · 28 Aug 2026
Wanted: have you seen this man? LincsOnline · 28 Aug 2026
Police and Trading Standards officers seize illegal cigarettes hidden behind tiled wall in Skegness LincolnshireWorld · 28 Aug 2026
Police dog receives posthumous award LincsOnline · 28 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 2026-01. 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 2026-01. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.