If you complain about Surrey Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 11.8% of 144 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 39th highest of 43 forces and 12.7 points below the national figure of 24.5%. Surrey Police recorded 17,179 stop and searches between 2023-07 to 2026-06, and 67.9% ended in no further action.

11.8%

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

IOPC, 2024/25. 17 of 144 reviews.

602

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 2,648 cases, 4,397 employees.

67.9%

of stop and searches ended in no further action

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06. 11,585 of 17,066 recorded outcomes.

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Surrey Police logged 602 complaint cases per 1,000 employees, the 2nd highest of 44 forces.

Source: IOPC, 2024/25. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Surrey Police

Complaint cases logged	2,648
Employees	4,397
Cases per 1,000 employees	602.2 (2nd of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	153
Review applications to the IOPC	25

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	124	10	8.1%

Stop and search by Surrey Police

Searches recorded	17,179
Period	2023-07 to 2026-06
Months of data	36 of 36
Ended in no further action	67.9%

What Surrey Police searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	8,211
Offensive weapons	2,301
Stolen goods	2,206
Article for use in theft	593
Firearms	232

Who Surrey Police searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	12,730	75.4%
Black	2,211	13.1%
Asian	1,638	9.7%
Other	296	1.8%

Calculated over the 16,875 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 98.2% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Surrey Police area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Black	13.1%	1.7%	7.7x
Asian	9.7%	7.7%	1.3x
Other	1.8%	1.7%	1.1x
White	75.4%	85.5%	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.

Use of force by Surrey Police

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	6,194
2021/22	7,912
2022/23	8,730
2023/24	10,848
2024/25	10,621

Recorded use of force by Surrey Police has risen 71.5% 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	541
Of which discharged	44
Share actually discharged	8.1%

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

Complaining to Surrey Police

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

Surrey 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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Surrey 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.

$14.28M pay bump in Surrey Police union deal over 4 years Peace Arch News · 28 Aug 2026
SPU-SPB renew collective agreement for Surrey Police Service Indo-Canadian Voice · 28 Aug 2026
Surrey Police Service collective agreement renewed through 2028 Delta Optimist · 28 Aug 2026
Former student denies university crossbow attack BBC · 28 Aug 2026
Teen girl 'hit and pulled to the ground' during altercation at Surrey event Surrey Live · 27 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.