/v1/stops
Stop-and-search around a point
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curl "https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/stops" \ -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/stops", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/stops");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/stops",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"date": "2024-01",
"count": 100,
"stops": [
{
"type": "Person search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "Leicester (Station)",
"outcome": "Arrest",
"datetime": "2024-01-29T21:51:00+00:00",
"age_range": "over 34",
"ethnicity": "Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean",
"legislation": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (section 1)",
"object_of_search": "Anything to threaten or harm anyone"
},
{
"type": "Person and Vehicle search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "On or near Parking Area",
"outcome": "Community resolution",
"datetime": "2024-01-06T22:45:00+00:00",
"age_range": "18-24",
"ethnicity": "Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background",
"legislation": null,
"object_of_search": "Controlled drugs"
},
{
"type": "Person and Vehicle search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "On or near Parking Area",
"outcome": "Community resolution",
"datetime": "2024-01-06T22:35:00+00:00",
"age_range": "18-24",
"ethnicity": "Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background",
"legislation": null,
"object_of_search": "Controlled drugs"
},
{
"type": "Person and Vehicle search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "On or near Crescent Street",
"outcome": "A no further action disposal",
"datetime": "2024-01-06T22:45:00+00:00",
"age_range": "18-24",
"ethnicity": "Other ethnic group - Not stated",
"legislation": null,
"object_of_search": "Controlled drugs"
},
{
"type": "Person search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "On or near Welford Place",
"outcome": "Arrest",
"datetime": "2024-01-01T03:55:00+00:00",
"age_range": "18-24",
"ethnicity": "Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean",
"legislation": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (section 1)",
"object_of_search": "Offensive weapons"
},
{
"type": "Person and Vehicle search",
"gender": "Male",
"street": "On or near Market Street",
"outcome": "",
"datetime": "2024-01-01T02:00:00+00:00",
"age_range": "over 34",
"ethnicity": "Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background",
"legislation": null,
"o
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