The available information held by the Ministry of Justice is given in the table for Staffordshire police force area, in which the Tamworth constituency is located.
Arrests made by reason for arrest Offensive weapons Firearms Drugs 2002-03 151 15 479 2003-04 223 21 819 2004-05 276 23 942 2005-06 342 34 1,072 1 Includes searches for drugs and firearms under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Firearms Act 1968 respectively. Notes: 1. No stops and searches (in anticipation of violence) have been reported by the Staffordshire police force under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 during the periods given in the table. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.