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Research, Thematic inspection  —  8 March 2023

We examined how well police address serious youth violence to reduce violent crime involving young people.

Research  —  8 March 2023

We commissioned User Voice to conduct research on the lived experience of those who have committed, and been on the receiving end, of serious youth violence.

Integrity and corruption, Terms of reference  —  3 March 2023

HMICFRS will carry out an urgent review of the police service’s progress on vetting, misconduct and counter-corruption.

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL, PEEL methodology  —  8 February 2023

This is our assessment framework for our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme for 2023-2025. We assess each police force in England and Wales, giving graded judgments across several core questions set out in this framework.

Domestic abuse, Ethics and accountability, Integrity and corruption, Super-complaint  —  27 January 2023

Today the second responses from the National Police Chiefs’ Council to the Police perpetrated domestic abuse super complaint have been published on GOV.UK.

Super-complaint  —  16 December 2022

HMICFRS, the College of Policing and the Independent Office for Police Conduct have published a report in response to the super-complaint  from the Tees Valley Inclusion Project about how the police respond to victims of sexual abuse when the victim is from an ethnic minority background and may be at risk of honour-based abuse.

Homicide  —  8 December 2022

HMICFRS will carry out a thematic inspection of homicide prevention, jointly supported by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the College of Policing and the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

Digital, National report  —  1 December 2022

In this inspection, we examined the provision of digital forensics in police forces and regional organised crime units.

Domestic abuse, Ethics and accountability, Integrity and corruption, Super-complaint  —  23 November 2022

Today we published the responses to the report: Police perpetrated domestic abuse, a report on the Centre for Women’s Justice super-complaint

Ethics and accountability, Integrity and corruption  —  2 November 2022

Following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, the then Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS under section 54(2B) of the Police Act 1996 to assess current vetting and counter-corruption capacity and capability in policing across England and Wales.