Newark Stop-and-Frisk

Unfortunately, the Newark Police Department has not released its monthly stop-and-frisk data since December 2014. We will update this page as soon as updated data becomes available.

Stop-and-Frisk: A First Look

On Feb. 25, 2014, the ACLU-NJ released a report analyzing the first six months of stop-and-frisk data from the Newark Police Department. The report is the first public analysis of the data, which is released monthly on the Newark Police Department website. The ACLU-NJ discovered in its analysis that Newark Police officers use stop-and-frisk with troubling frequency and in a manner that leads to racial disparities. Although the ACLU-NJ acknowledges that six months of data may be insufficient to draw definitive conclusions about the Newark Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, the organization believes the initial concerns raised by these data warrant corrective actions by the City of Newark immediately.

In Newark, we’re starting to get a clearer picture of how often police are stopping and patting down residents—and why.

Every month, the Newark Police Department (NPD) releases information on all stops, including how many people were stopped, where they were stopped, and whether the stops led to an arrest or not. The information also reveals who officers are stopping by reporting on the race and ages of the individuals, among other details. The ACLU-NJ, which advocated for the release of the data, hopes the information will give the public a better understanding of how the NPD uses stop-and-frisk.

Learn more about Stop-and-Frisk: get the facts.

Newark Yearly Totals

Year	Stops	Arrests and Summonses	Black Stops	White Stops	Latino Stops
2014	12,029	2,655	8,091	2,177	828
2013	12,558	3,174	8,769	2,726	N/A

2014 does not include stats from July 2014, which the NPD has not published.

Newark Yearly Totals by Percentage

Year	Stops	Arrests and Summonses	% Black	% White	% Latino
2014	12,029	2,655	73%	20%	7%
2013	12,558	3,174	75%	23%	N/A

2014 does not include stats from July 2014, which the NPD has not published.

Newark Monthly Totals

Year-Month	Stops	Arrests and Summonses	Black Stops	White	Latino
2014-11	1283	272	874	203	97
2014-10	1602	299	1092	261	120
2014-09	1837	312	1195	365	126
2014-08	1629	354	1063	282	118
2014-07	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014-06	1,695	410	1111	323	126
2014-05	1,846	396	1239	310	142
2014-04	1,579	321	1064	264	150
2014-03	1,987	399	1306	373	170
2014-02	1,549	367	1052	312	75
2014-01	1,744	408	1256	313	47
2013-12	1,866	447	1300	428	N/A
2013-11	1,871	435	1218	493	N/A
2013-10	1,878	485	1247	460	N/A
2013-09	2,417	560	1729	487	N/A
2013-08	2,417	679	1748	482	N/A
2013-07	2,109	568	1527	376	N/A

N/A = The Newark Police Department did not publish this stop-and-frisk data.

2014 Data At-A-Glance

2014 Cumulative Data (126 KB pdf)
2014 August Data (141 KB pdf)
2014 June Data (142 KB pdf)
2014 May Data (142 KB pdf)
2014 April Data (188 KB pdf)
2014 March Data (188 KB pdf)
2014 February Data (188 KB pdf)
2014 January Data (172 KB pdf)

2013 Data At-A-Glance

2013 Cumulative Data (165 KB pdf)
2013 December Data (274 KB pdf)
2013 November Data (269 KB pdf)
2013 October Data (269 KB pdf)
2013 September Data (270 KB pdf)
2013 August Data (134 KB pdf)
2013 July Data (113 KB pdf)