Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time
Summary
This report examines all 43 police forces in England and Wales. It looks at three principal aspects of day-to-day policing: the prevention of crime; how crime is investigated and offenders are brought to justice; and freeing up and using police time more efficiently (which includes the use of modern technology). The report merges three complementary inspections into a single assessment.
Get the national report
Get the terms of reference
Get the data
Core business data (Microsoft Excel) (Spreadsheet)
Core business data (Open data spreadsheet) (Spreadsheet)
Core business force-by-force details (Microsoft Excel) (Spreadsheet)
Core business force-by-force details (Open data spreadsheet) (Spreadsheet)
Get the press release
Get the letters to forces
We have written to each chief constable detailing findings for their force.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Bedfordshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Cambridgeshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Cheshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
City Of London Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Cleveland Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Cumbria Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Derbyshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Devon and Cornwall Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Dorset Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Durham Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Dyfed-Powys Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Essex Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Gloucestershire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Greater Manchester Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Gwent Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Hampshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Hertfordshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Humberside Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Kent Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Lancashire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Leicestershire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Lincolnshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Merseyside Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Metropolitan Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Norfolk Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document, 87.81 kB)
North Wales Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
North Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Northamptonshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Northumbria Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Nottinghamshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
South Wales Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
South Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Staffordshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Suffolk Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Surrey Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Sussex Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Thames Valley Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Warwickshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
West Mercia Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
West Midlands Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
West Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Wiltshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable (PDF document)
Get the British Transport Police report
While not part of the main Core Business report, at their request, we also inspected the British Transport Police.
British Transport Police – core business (PDF document)
Get the police and crime commissioners’ responses to the report
Chair of the Police Committee for the City of London’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Cheshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Cleveland police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Cumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Dorset police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Dyfed-Powys police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Essex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Greater Manchester police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Gwent police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Humberside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Leicestershire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Merseyside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Northumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Surrey police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Sussex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core Business’ (PDF document)
Thames Valley police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
Warwickshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
West Mercia police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)
West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’ (PDF document)