Policing on the beat

Our Work  —  Policing on the beat

We carried out inspections, in 2010 and 2012, to examine how well police forces in England and Wales understand and respond to their local anti-social behaviour (ASB) problems. Anti-social behaviour inspections are part of the PEEL programme. 2012 inspection The 2012 inspection repeated the main elements of the 2010 review, so that we could track…

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat

Between 2015 and 2020, HMICFRS carried out a programme of work to test whether crimes were being recorded by the police when they should be and categorised correctly. The crime data integrity inspections are part of the PEEL programme. Rolling programme of crime data integrity inspections After 55 inspections and follow-up reviews, this rolling programme…

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat

The process for determining overall graded judgments for the crime data integrity (CDI) programme consists of three stages. These were updated in 2017 to marginally reduce, and broaden, the recording rates needed to enable each judgment to be applied. We also separated the 16 judgment criteria of this inspection into three core questions for which…

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Policing on the beat

This inspection examined how effective forces are at carrying out the principal functions of the police, namely crime prevention and how the police respond to crimes and incidents, including how the police investigate crime and bring offenders to justice. Also, we examined how forces are freeing up time for their staff to focus more of their energies and skills in these areas.

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat, Specific reviews

The police and crime commissioner for Kent commissioned an inspection to determine whether the people of Kent can have confidence in Kent Police’s crime figures.

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat

The Home Secretary uses these powers to require chief constables to give regular data on the number of crimes they record. This data must be recorded in accordance with the Home Office Counting Rules. These rules aim to bring more consistency to the process of creating and maintaining crime records at force level.

Our Work  —  Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat

2015 inspection of firearms licensing In May 2013, the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Firearms and Explosive Licensing Working Group invited us to inspect firearms licensing. In July 2013, the Home Secretary gave approval for us to examine how well police forces had responded to concerns raised about firearms licensing in previous reports published by…

Our Work  —  Policing on the beat, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions

Living in a different world: Joint review of disability hate crime – 2013 This joint inspection assessed how the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and probation trusts deal with crimes against disabled people. This involved reviewing how the three agencies work and revealed problems in the detection and recording of crimes targeted against people because…

Our Work  —  Large-scale policing, Policing on the beat

Events over recent years have shown the need for the emergency services to work together as effectively as possible during major, serious or catastrophic incidents or events. However, reviews following major incidents such as the July 2005 London bombings, the wide-area floods across the UK in 2014, and the shooting of 12 people in Cumbria…

Our Work  —  Behind the frontline, Police ethics and accountability, Policing on the beat, Protecting people from violence and abuse

PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) is our regular assessment of police forces in England and Wales.