If you complain about North Yorkshire Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 23.3% of 30 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 20th highest of 43 forces and 1.2 points below the national figure of 24.5%.
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North Yorkshire Police recorded 278 Taser uses in 2024/25, of which 18 were discharges.
Source: Home Office use of force statistics, 2024/25. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.
Complaints about North Yorkshire Police
| Complaint cases logged | 1,174 |
|---|---|
| Employees | 3,127 |
| Cases per 1,000 employees | 375.4 (29th of 44) |
| Review applications to the local policing body | 37 |
| Review applications to the IOPC | 14 |
Stop and search by North Yorkshire Police
| Searches recorded | 960 |
|---|---|
| Period | 2024-07 to 2025-08 |
| Months of data | 14 of 36 |
What North Yorkshire Police searched people for
| Stated object of search | Searches |
|---|---|
| Controlled drugs | 581 |
| Stolen goods | 149 |
| Offensive weapons | 111 |
| Article for use in theft | 67 |
| Firearms | 8 |
Who North Yorkshire Police searched
| Officer-defined ethnicity | Searches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 706 | 91.3% |
| Asian | 38 | 4.9% |
| Black | 22 | 2.8% |
| Other | 7 | 0.9% |
Calculated over the 773 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 80.5% of all searches by this force.
Compared with who lives in the North Yorkshire Police area
| Ethnic group | Share of searches | Share of residents | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 2.8% | 0.5% | 5.6x |
| Asian | 4.9% | 1.9% | 2.6x |
| Other | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.5x |
| White | 91.3% | 95.7% | 1.0x |
Use of force by North Yorkshire Police
| Year | Use of force reports | Relative volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 4,461 | |
| 2021/22 | 6,793 | |
| 2022/23 | 9,177 | |
| 2023/24 | 10,489 | |
| 2024/25 | 11,708 |
Recorded use of force by North Yorkshire Police has risen 162.5% 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 | 278 |
|---|---|
| Of which discharged | 18 |
| Share actually discharged | 6.5% |
Most recorded Taser use is drawing, aiming or red-dotting rather than firing. The share actually discharged is the figure worth knowing.
Complaining to North Yorkshire Police
Complaints go to the force first. Use its own official channel so the complaint is recorded properly and you get written confirmation.
- North Yorkshire Police official website
- Telephone: 101
What you can do about it
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.
North Yorkshire 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.
- Thieves target North Yorkshire town overnight and make off with commercial vehicle
- Thieves target garage in York suburb in early morning break-in
- Police appeal after man dies following Sutton-on-the-Forest crash
- Man in his 70s dies after crash on outskirts of York
- Man in his 70s dies in hospital after North Yorkshire two-car crash
- Independent Office for Police Conduct, police complaints statistics for England and Wales, 2024/25.
- data.police.uk stop and search API, 2024-07 to 2025-08. Accessed 2026-08-29.
- Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.
Data last refreshed , covering 2024-07 to 2025-08. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.