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# Stop and search map shows Birmingham neighbourhoods where people most likely to be stopped
- URL: https://www.birminghameastside.co.uk/stop-and-search-map-birmingham-most-likely-to-be-stopped/
- Published: 2018-11-12T17:59:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-14T10:04:42.000Z
- Author: Amanda Loviza
- Tags: News, #Migrated-1786701253228, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-14 09:54

Do you walk the streets of Digbeth? Go out on Broad Street? While the merits of **stop and search** are [debated](https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/nov/11/uk-police-chiefs-hold-talks-to-expand-stop-and-search?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk) following a [police announcement](https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/clarification-on-todays-stop-and-search-news?ref=birminghameastside.co.uk) in favour of expanding the policy, Birmingham Eastside has mapped where West Midlands Police use their stop and search powers the most.

[Explore the map ](https://fusiontables.google.com/embedviz?q=select+col4%2C+col5+from+1fzavrDG2eE3jW-EtYr76xa9Ks2FQs5WDFnSyt4pP+limit+1000&viz=HEATMAP&h=true&lat=52.47672063220361&lng=-1.9025377490025903&t=1&z=15&l=col4&y=2&tmplt=2&hmd=true&hmg=%2366ff0000%2C%2393ff00ff%2C%23c1ff00ff%2C%23eeff00ff%2C%23f4e300ff%2C%23f4e300ff%2C%23f9c600ff%2C%23ffaa00ff%2C%23ff7100ff%2C%23ff3900ff%2C%23ff0000ff&hmo=1&hmr=29&hmw=0&hml=TWO%5FCOL%5FLAT%5FLNG&ref=birminghameastside.co.uk)below to see in which areas you may be most likely stopped and searched.

![Map explores stop and search in Birmingham](https://storage.ghost.io/c/63/9b/639bf577-7ed7-44fe-8d64-ac66eaeee42e/content/images/2026/08/stop-and-search-map-birmingham-1-1.png)

Click on the map to explore where stop and searched was used the most in Birmingham between October 2017 and September 2018.