PEEL: Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) - A national overview

Published on: 14 December 2015

Summary

The extent to which a police force is successful at identifying, protecting and supporting those who are vulnerable is a core indicator of its overall effectiveness. In recognition of this, as part of its annual PEEL effectiveness inspection programme, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) graded all 43 police forces in England and Wales on how effectively they protect vulnerable people from harm and support victims. The inspection included a focus on how they respond to domestic abuse victims and missing and absent children, and how prepared they are to tackle child sexual exploitation.

This is the first time that we have graded forces on their effectiveness at protecting vulnerable people from harm (although HMIC has examined many aspects of vulnerability through a range of other inspections).

The national overview report summarises the top-line findings of this inspection, and sets out the grades (of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate) given to each force. The force reports give the detailed inspection findings which led to these grades.

In addition, there are (or will be) other thematic reports based on the vulnerability inspection findings. These are:

Get the national overview report

PEEL: Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – A national overview (PDF document)

Get the press release

Police forces must ensure the improvements they have made in tackling domestic abuse are replicated in services to protect and support all vulnerable victims

Get the force reports

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Bedfordshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Cheshire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – City of London Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Cleveland Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Cumbria Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Derbyshire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Devon and Cornwall Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Dorset Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Durham Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Dyfed-Powys Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Essex Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Gloucestershire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Greater Manchester Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Gwent Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Hampshire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Hertfordshire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Humberside Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Kent Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Lancashire Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Leicestershire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Lincolnshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Merseyside Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Metropolitan Police Service

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Norfolk Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – North Wales Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – North Yorkshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Northamptonshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Northumbria Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Nottinghamshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – South Wales Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – South Yorkshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Staffordshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Suffolk Constabulary

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Surrey Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Sussex Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Thames Valley Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Warwickshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – West Mercia Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – West Midlands Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – West Yorkshire Police

Police effectiveness 2015 (vulnerability) – Wiltshire Police

Get the police and crime commissioners’ responses to the report

Avon and Somerset police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Cheshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Cumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Dyfed-Powys police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Essex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Greater Manchester police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Hampshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Humberside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Lancashire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Leicestershire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Lincolnshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Merseyside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Northamptonshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Northumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Staffordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

Suffolk police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Surrey police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Sussex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Thames Valley police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)

Warwickshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

West Mercia police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (please refer to page 32)

West Midlands police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’

West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability)’ (PDF document)