Northamptonshire Police

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for Northamptonshire.

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Northamptonshire Police

Our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy), and other force assessments give you information about how your local police force has performed in several important areas.

In our latest assessments of Northamptonshire Police, we made the following judgments:

Outstanding	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement
Recording data about crime	Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Investigating crime
		Responding to the public
		Protecting vulnerable people
		Managing offenders and suspects
		Building, supporting and protecting the workforce
		Leadership and force management
		Disrupting serious organised crime

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

914 square miles

Population

0.757m people

10% local 10 yr change

Workforce

88% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.02 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

10% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

14% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

50p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Northamptonshire Police provides policing services to the county of Northamptonshire. The police force area covers 913 square miles in the east midlands of England.

Although there are some more affluent areas, Northamptonshire has a high level of poverty.

Around 0.7 million people mainly live in the urban centres which includes Northampton. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

More about this area – What Northamptonshire says

Connect with Northamptonshire Police

Northamptonshire Police website

Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner’s website