PEEL assessments

PEEL is an annual assessment of police forces in England and Wales. Forces are assessed on their effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy. They are judged as outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate on these categories (or pillars) based on inspection findings, analysis and Her Majesty’s Inspectors’ (HMIs) professional judgment across the year.

Each pillar has questions that focus on core areas of the work of the police. Judgments are also applied to these questions.

Before 2018, every force received a separate report for each pillar. Reports were published by pillar, building up to an overall view of the force’s performance at the end of the PEEL cycle.

From 2018/19 inspection year, the approach was changed to become more integrated. Each force now receives one report, providing a rounded assessment of its performance over the year. These reports are published in batches of 14 or 15 at a time.

This is an overview of the grades forces in England and Wales received for PEEL 2018/19. There are three key themes or pillars, and ten questions.

An accessible grades table is also available

Question

Effectiveness - Question 1

How effective is the force at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe?

Effectiveness - Question 2

How effective is the force at investigating crime and reducing re-offending?

Effectiveness - Question 3

How effective is the force at protecting those who are vulnerable from harm, and supporting victims?

Effectiveness - Question 4

How effective is the force at tackling serious and organised crime?

Effectiveness - Question 5 - Ungraded

How effective are the force’s specialist capabilities?

Efficiency - Question 1

How well does the force use its resources to meet the demand it faces?

Efficiency - Question 2

How well does the force plan for the future?

Legitimacy - Question 1

To what extent does the force treat all of the people it serves with fairness and respect?

Legitimacy - Question 2

How well does the force ensure that its workforce behaves ethically and lawfully?

Legitimacy - Question 3

To what extent does the force treat its workforce with fairness and respect?

Key

Effectiveness

Efficiency

Legitimacy

Outstanding

Good

Requires improvement

Inadequate

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How we inspect

HMICFRS inspection staff visit all 43 forces in England and Wales to gather information for the PEEL assessments. As part of each inspection they speak to police officers and staff, hold focus groups and interviews with other interested parties, carry out document reviews and collect data.

The inspections take place throughout the year. The findings are analysed and moderated, and then published. The individual police force’s PEEL assessments are updated on the website as new information becomes available, and detailed reports for each police force are published.

Find out more about how we inspect and assess forces for the PEEL assessments

PEEL assessments

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Data

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Accessible Table