Humberside 2018/19

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PEEL: Police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy 2018/19 – Humberside Police

Phil Gormley, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary

HMI's observations

I am pleased with Humberside Police’s performance in keeping people safe and reducing crime. In particular, I note the improvements the force has made since 2017 in its efficiency and effectiveness.

Since our last inspection the force has improved how it investigates crimes. It has also developed better ways to make sure it identifies and protects vulnerable people.

The force has improved some of its crime-recording processes, but has more work to do.

The force understands the demand for its services much better than it did previously. It has used this information to develop strong financial and workforce plans for the future. This includes significantly increasing its number of police officers.

I am pleased to see that the force consults widely with its communities to better understand their concerns. Senior leaders support the workforce. They encourage a culture of continuous learning and ethical behaviour.

Overall, I commend Humberside Police for the progress it has made over the past year. This gives a good foundation for continuing improvement in the year ahead.

Humberside Police is good at preventing crime and tackling anti-social behaviour.

The force is good at investigating crime. It has improved at this. The force has a shortage of trained detectives, but it has a plan to deal with this shortage. It has improved the way it manages wanted criminals. The force uses legislation to protect vulnerable victims. It works closely with immigration officials to manage foreign national offenders.

Humberside Police is good at protecting vulnerable people. It has got better at managing vulnerability and is keen to improve further. The force collects data on vulnerability and analyses this daily. In the past it has not responded quickly enough to vulnerable victims. It has made changes so it can better meet demand.

Humberside Police is good at tackling serious and organised crime.

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Humberside Police is good at meeting current demands and using resources.

The force understands the demands placed on it at present. It makes changes as demand changes. The force works with other organisations to meet demand. It is working to improve its understanding of the benefits it gains from change programmes.

Humberside Police is good at planning for the future. It knows what the public expects from it. The force has a good workforce plan that shows what skills it will need in future. It has plans to get the skills that it needs. The force now has a better understanding of its finances than previously.

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Humberside Police is good at treating the public fairly.

The force communicates well with the public. We were pleased that it has improved the way it records and understands use of force. It has improved how it uses stop and search. But it could monitor both of these better.

The force has a good culture of ethical and lawful workforce behaviour. Leaders make sure the workforce know the force’s values. The force now has an ethics committee. It should tell the workforce how to use the committee to discuss ethical dilemmas. Humberside Police knows the corruption risks it faces and has plans to deal with them.

Humberside Police is good at treating its workforce fairly.

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In addition to the three core PEEL pillars, HMICFRS carries out inspections of a wide range of policing activity throughout the year. Some of these are conducted alongside the PEEL inspections; others are joint inspections.

Findings from these inspections are published separately to the main PEEL reports, but are taken into account when producing the rounded assessment of each force's performance.

Humberside – National child protection inspection post-inspection review – published 5 April 2018

Humberside Police: Crime Data Integrity inspection 2018 – published on 17 July 2018

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Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,357 square miles

Population

0.934m people

2% local 10 yr change

Workforce

92% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.67 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

11% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

8% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

58p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

Humberside 2018/19

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HMI's observations

Effectiveness

How effectively does the force reduce crime and keep people safe?

Efficiency

How efficiently does the force operate and how sustainable are its services to the public?

Legitimacy

How legitimately does the force treat the public and its workforce?

Other inspections

How well has the force performed in our other inspections?

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