South Yorkshire Police praised for strong performance
South Yorkshire Police has been congratulated for its performance in keeping people safe and reducing crime, the police inspectorate has said.
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PEEL 2021/22 – An inspection of South Yorkshire Police
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) graded South Yorkshire Police’s performance across nine areas of policing and found the force was ‘outstanding’ in three areas, ‘good’ in five areas, and ‘adequate’ in one area.
HMICFRS said the outstanding areas included preventing crime and anti-social behaviour, protecting vulnerable people, and operating efficiently.
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Roy Wilsher said:
“I congratulate South Yorkshire Police on its performance in keeping people safe and reducing crime. I have graded the force as outstanding in three areas of policing, reflecting its high level of performance in a challenging policing environment.
“We found the force’s focus on vulnerable people to be strong in every area we inspected. It has achieved remarkable results in its approach to domestic abuse victims, keeping them safe, investigating their crimes and achieving good outcomes in court. Its work to safeguard children is also highly effective.
“The force’s success in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour through neighbourhood teams, working with partner organisations, is excellent. It makes early interventions to stop many incidents escalating into more serious crimes.
“However, the force needs to continue to improve its initial response to incidents to provide a consistently good service.
“This is an ambitious force that we have seen progress over the years, and it is now achieving some outstanding grades through the hard work of its officers and staff. I will continue to work closely with the force to monitor its progress.”
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PEEL 2021/22 – An inspection of South Yorkshire Police
Notes
- In 2014, we introduced our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspections, which assess the performance of all 43 police forces in England and Wales. Since then, we have been continuously adapting our approach and this year has seen the most significant changes yet.
- We are moving to a more intelligence-led, continual assessment approach, rather than the annual PEEL inspections we used in previous years. We have also changed our approach to graded judgments. We now assess forces against the characteristics of good performance, and we more clearly link our judgments to causes of concern and areas for improvement.
- We have also expanded our previous four-tier system of judgments to five tiers. As a result, we can state more precisely where we consider improvement is needed and highlight more effectively the best ways of doing things.
- However, these changes mean that it isn’t possible to make direct comparisons between the grades awarded this year with those from previous PEEL inspections. A reduction in grade, particularly from good to adequate, does not necessarily mean that there has been a reduction in performance, unless we say so in the report.
- More information about the new PEEL assessment framework 2021/22 is available on our website.
- For further information, please contact the HMICFRS Press Office on 0300 071 6781 or HMICPressOffice@hmicfrs.gov.uk.