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IC codes (identity code) or 6+1 codes are police codes used in the United Kingdom to visually describe the apparent ethnicity of a person.[1][2] They originated in the late 1970s.[3][4]

IC codes refer to a police officer's visual assessment of the ethnicity of a person, and are used in the quick transmission of basic visual information, such as over radio.[4] They differ from self-defined ethnicity (SDE, or "18+1") codes, which refer to how a person describes their own ethnicity.[4] When recording a person's details (such as in the case of a stop and search or arrest), police are required to ask for and use SDE categories where possible, even if the category chosen does not match the officer's own assessment.[4]

IC codes have been used to record individuals' ethnicities in the Police National Computer.[4][5] They have also been used in the reports on ethnicity in the criminal justice system published annually as required by the Criminal Justice Act 1991,[6][2] and in some scientific research.[7][non-primary source needed]

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