Following the changes in Government Machinery that took place on the 09/05/2007, this area of work has moved from the Home Office; and is now managed by the Ministry of Justice. These pages have been left here as a navigational aid – and will be removed in time.
Every
year just under 2 million people are arrested by the police. A study
conducted in 1993-4 (Home Office Research Study 185) found that
in three-quarters of cases, arrests were made as a result of a reaction
to information – e.g. from the public or through the police
control room. Twenty-four per cent of arrests were the result of
"proactive" policing – either as a result of surveillance
or enquiries, or stop and search procedures.
