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Publication  —  Fire & rescue services, Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection  —  1 August 2024

Between October 2023 and January 2024 we carried out an inspection of the handing of misconduct in fire and rescue services (FRSs) in England. 

Publication  —  Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection  —  8 March 2023

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

Publication  —  Research and evaluation  —  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.

Publication  —  Criminal justice joint inspections, Custody suites, Inspection programmes, Joint inspection, National Preventive Mechanism, Research and evaluation  —  31 January 2023

This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services’s joint custody inspection programme, conducted by Cordis Bright.

Publication  —  Research and evaluation  —  29 April 2022

HMICFRS independently assesses and reports on the effectiveness and efficiency of police forces and fire and rescue services with the aim of encouraging improvement. The pandemic required us to move to remote inspections, rather than on-site and face-to-face.

Publication  —  Released under investigation, Research and evaluation, Thematic inspection  —  8 December 2020

In 2019, HMICFRS commissioned BritainThinks to conduct qualitative research to explore victim and suspect experiences of changes implemented as a result of the Policing and Crime Act 2017

Publication  —  Child protection, Research and evaluation  —  27 February 2020

In 2014, HMICFRS started a rolling programme of inspections in every police force in England and Wales, looking at their response to child protection. To better understand the impact of these inspections on policing activity, we commissioned NatCen to carry out independent evaluation of the programme.

Publication  —  Fire & rescue services, FRS methodology, Research and evaluation  —  15 January 2020

In 2019, HMICFRS commissioned BMG Research to undertake a study of the public’s perceptions of local fire and rescue services across England. The study covers the public’s views and experiences of local fire and rescue services’ activities.

Publication  —  PEEL methodology, Research and evaluation  —  10 January 2019

This report sets out the results of HMICFRS’s fourth commissioned survey into public perceptions of policing in England and Wales, carried out by BMG Research.

Publication  —  Fire & rescue services, FRS methodology, Research and evaluation  —  20 December 2018

In July 2017, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services took on responsibility for inspections of England’s fire and rescue services (FRS). To assist these inspections HMICFRS commissioned BMG Research to undertake a study of the general public’s perceptions of their local FRS across England.