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PEEL Assessments 2021/22

PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) is our regular assessment of police forces in England and Wales. We use inspection findings, analysis and our professional judgment to assess how good forces are in several areas of policing. Most of these areas are then graded as outstanding, good, adequate, requires improvement or inadequate.

In the table below you can see the forces we have reported on in the 2021/22 PEEL cycle, with an overview of how they performed. Choose a force to read its full report.

A pale grey box means the force has not yet been inspected on this subject. A dark grey means the force has been inspected but was not given a grade.

Read more about how we inspect and assess forces for the PEEL assessments

Key

  1. Outstanding
  2. Good
  3. Adequate
  4. Requires improvement
  5. Inadequate

Published on 14 October 2023

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  1. Outstanding
  2. Good
  3. Adequate
  4. Requires improvement
  5. Inadequate
Outstanding
- The force has substantially exceeded the characteristics of good performance.
Good
- The force has demonstrated substantially all the characteristics of good performance.
Adequate
- The force has demonstrated some of the characteristics of good performance, but we have identified areas where the force should make improvements.
Requires improvement
- The force has demonstrated few, if any, of the characteristics of good performance and we have identified a substantial number of areas where the force needs to make improvements.
Inadequate
- We have causes for concern and have made recommendations to the force to address them.
Police force Providing a service to the victims of crime Recording data about crime Engaging with and treating the public with fairness and respect Preventing crime and anti-social behaviour Responding to the public Investigating crime Protecting vulnerable people Managing offenders and suspects Disrupting serious organised crime Building, supporting and protecting the workforce Tackling workforce corruption Strategic planning, organisational management and value for money
Avon and Somerset Ungraded Requires improvement Outstanding Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Ungraded Good Ungraded Good
Bedfordshire Ungraded Not inspected Good Good Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Outstanding Good Good Ungraded Good
Cambridgeshire Ungraded Good Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Good Adequate Inadequate Good Ungraded Good
Cheshire Ungraded Adequate Good Good Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Adequate Good Requires improvement Adequate
City of London Ungraded Not inspected Good Requires improvement Good Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement
Cleveland Ungraded Good Adequate Inadequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Adequate Inadequate
Cumbria Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Good Outstanding Requires improvement Good Requires improvement Adequate
Derbyshire Ungraded Adequate Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Not inspected Requires improvement
Devon and Cornwall Ungraded Inadequate Adequate Good Inadequate Requires improvement Adequate Inadequate Ungraded Good Not inspected Requires improvement
Dorset Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Good Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Ungraded Good Requires improvement Adequate
Durham Adequate Not inspected Good Good Good Good Good Good Outstanding Good Not inspected Outstanding
Dyfed-Powys Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Good Good Adequate Good Adequate Adequate Good Not inspected Adequate
Essex Ungraded Not inspected Good Adequate Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Good Good Good
Gloucestershire Inadequate Inadequate Good Good Inadequate Inadequate Inadequate Adequate Good Good Not inspected Inadequate
Greater Manchester Ungraded Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Inadequate Inadequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Good Inadequate Ungraded Requires improvement
Gwent Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Good Inadequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Good Ungraded Adequate Adequate Adequate
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ungraded Good Good Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Adequate Ungraded Good Ungraded Adequate
Hertfordshire Ungraded Not inspected Good Good Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Adequate Ungraded Adequate
Humberside Ungraded Adequate Outstanding Outstanding Good Good Outstanding Outstanding Ungraded Outstanding Requires improvement Outstanding
Kent Ungraded Outstanding Good Good Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Good Good Adequate Good
Lancashire Ungraded Not inspected Good Good Adequate Requires improvement Good Good Good Good Good Good
Leicestershire Ungraded Outstanding Good Outstanding Adequate Adequate Outstanding Good Outstanding Good Ungraded Good
Lincolnshire Ungraded Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Ungraded Requires improvement
Merseyside Adequate Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Outstanding Good Not inspected Good
Metropolitan Ungraded Adequate Adequate Good Inadequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Not inspected Requires improvement
Norfolk Ungraded Not inspected Requires improvement Good Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Requires improvement Good Not inspected Outstanding
North Wales Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Good Good Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Inadequate Good Adequate Adequate
North Yorkshire Ungraded Not inspected Good Not inspected Requires improvement Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Ungraded Requires improvement Ungraded Inadequate
Northamptonshire Adequate Not inspected Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Not inspected Requires improvement
Northumbria Ungraded Adequate Good Good Requires improvement Good Good Good Good Good Adequate Good
Nottinghamshire Ungraded Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Good Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Adequate
South Wales Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Good Good Good Requires improvement Adequate Ungraded Adequate Good Good
South Yorkshire Ungraded Good Good Outstanding Adequate Good Outstanding Good Ungraded Good Adequate Outstanding
Staffordshire Ungraded Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Inadequate Inadequate Requires improvement Inadequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement
Suffolk Requires improvement Not inspected Good Good Adequate Adequate Adequate Good Good Good Not inspected Good
Surrey Ungraded Not inspected Good Outstanding Adequate Good Good Requires improvement Ungraded Adequate Not inspected Adequate
Sussex Ungraded Inadequate Good Good Inadequate Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Ungraded Adequate Ungraded Adequate
Thames Valley Ungraded Good Good Adequate Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Good Ungraded Adequate Ungraded Requires improvement
Warwickshire Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Adequate
West Mercia Ungraded Not inspected Adequate Good Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Adequate Inadequate Adequate Ungraded Requires improvement
West Midlands Requires improvement Good Good Good Adequate Requires improvement Requires improvement Adequate Good Adequate Not inspected Good
West Yorkshire Adequate Not inspected Outstanding Outstanding Good Adequate Good Good Outstanding Good Not inspected Outstanding
Wiltshire Ungraded Not inspected Requires improvement Requires improvement Inadequate Requires improvement Inadequate Requires improvement Ungraded Requires improvement Not inspected Inadequate
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