Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for South Yorkshire.
This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.
Our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) assessments give you information about how your local police force has performed in several important areas.
In our latest assessment of South Yorkshire Police, we made the following judgments:
the extent to which the force is effective at reducing crime and keeping people safe is good.
the extent to which the force operates efficiently and sustainably is good.
the extent to which the force treats the public and its workforce legitimately is good.
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These are the latest key facts about South Yorkshire Police.
South Yorkshire Police provides policing services to the county of South Yorkshire. The police force area covers 599 square miles in the north of England.
Although there are a small number of affluent areas, South Yorkshire has a high level of poverty.
Around 1.4 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit, socialise, commute into, or travel through the county each year.
The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations and an airport.