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
Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time
Get the terms of reference
Get the data
Core business data (Microsoft Excel)
Core business data (Open data spreadsheet)
Core business force-by-force details (Microsoft Excel)
Core business force-by-force details (Open data 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
Bedfordshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Cambridgeshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Cheshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
City Of London Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Cleveland Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Cumbria Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Derbyshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Devon and Cornwall Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Dorset Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Durham Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Dyfed-Powys Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Essex Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Gloucestershire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Greater Manchester Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Gwent Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Hampshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Hertfordshire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Humberside Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Kent Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Lancashire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Leicestershire Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Lincolnshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Merseyside Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Metropolitan Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Norfolk Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
North Wales Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
North Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Northamptonshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Northumbria Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Nottinghamshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
South Wales Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
South Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Staffordshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Suffolk Constabulary – Core business letter to the chief constable
Surrey Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Sussex Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Thames Valley Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Warwickshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
West Mercia Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
West Midlands Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
West Yorkshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
Wiltshire Police – Core business letter to the chief constable
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
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’
Cheshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Cleveland police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Cumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Dorset police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
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’
Gwent police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Humberside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Leicestershire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Merseyside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
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’
Thames Valley police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
Warwickshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
West Mercia police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’
West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Core business’