PEEL: police effectiveness 2016

Summary

As part of our annual inspections of police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL), HMIC assessed how effective police forces are at keeping people safe and reducing crime. This inspection focused on five areas of policing:

  1. How effective are police forces at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour and keeping people safe?
  2. How effective are forces at investigating crime and reducing re-offending?
  3. How effective are forces at protecting those who are vulnerable from harm, and supporting victims?
  4. How effective are forces at tackling serious and organised crime?
  5. How effective are the forces’ specialist capabilities?

This report presents a national overview of themes identified in inspections of all 43 police forces in England and Wales. The national overview report is accompanied by separate reports on each force, based on inspections carried out from September to December 2016, and data provided by forces.

The effectiveness assessment follows on from reports on efficiency and legitimacy in autumn 2016, which together make up the three pillars of the annual PEEL assessment.

Get the national overview report

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – National overview (PDF document)

Please note: the caption for figure 14 was corrected on 26 April 2017 and figures 27 and 28 were amended on 13 June 2017.

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PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Avon and Somerset Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Bedfordshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Cambridgeshire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Cheshire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – City of London Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Cleveland Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Cumbria Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Derbyshire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Devon and Cornwall Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Dorset Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Durham Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Dyfed-Powys Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Essex Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Gloucestershire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Greater Manchester Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Gwent Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Hampshire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Hertfordshire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Humberside Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Kent Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Lancashire Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Leicestershire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Lincolnshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Merseyside Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Metropolitan Police Service

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Norfolk Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – North Wales Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – North Yorkshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Northamptonshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Northumbria Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Nottinghamshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – South Wales Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – South Yorkshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Staffordshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Suffolk Constabulary

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Surrey Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Sussex Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Thames Valley Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Warwickshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – West Mercia Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – West Midlands Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – West Yorkshire Police

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Wiltshire Police

Get the press releases

National press release: HMIC raises warning flag as forces strive to cope with increased demand

PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – force press releases

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