PEEL Assessments 2023–25

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 2023–25 PEEL cycle, with an overview of how they performed. Choose a force to read its full report.

If your force isn’t below, you can find its most recent report on the 2021/22 PEEL assessments page.

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.

Key

Outstanding
Good
Adequate
Requires improvement
Inadequate

Published on 10 April 2025

Police force	Providing a service to the victims of crime	Recording data about crime	Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Responding to the public	Investigating crime	Protecting vulnerable people	Managing offenders and suspects	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce	Leadership and force management
Avon and Somerset	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement
Bedfordshire	Ungraded	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Cambridgeshire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Outstanding	Good	Inadequate	Adequate	Adequate	Inadequate	Good	Requires improvement
Cheshire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good	Good
Cleveland	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Adequate
Cumbria	Ungraded	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
Derbyshire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement
Devon and Cornwall	Ungraded	Requires improvement	Adequate	Good	Inadequate	Inadequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement
Dorset	Ungraded	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Durham	Ungraded	Good	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Dyfed-Powys	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate
Gloucestershire	Ungraded	Outstanding	Good	Adequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement
Greater Manchester	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Good
Hertfordshire	Ungraded	Inadequate	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement
Humberside	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Good
Kent	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Adequate	Good	Good
Lancashire	Ungraded	Good	Good	Outstanding	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Good
Leicestershire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Good	Good	Adequate
Merseyside	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Adequate
Metropolitan	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
Norfolk	Ungraded	Outstanding	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate
North Wales	Ungraded	Outstanding	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement
North Yorkshire	Ungraded	Good	Good	Good	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Good	Adequate	Adequate
Northamptonshire	Ungraded	Outstanding	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Nottinghamshire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Inadequate	Adequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Inadequate
South Wales	Ungraded	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Adequate
Staffordshire	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
Suffolk	Ungraded	Good	Good	Good	Inadequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate
Surrey	Ungraded	Requires improvement	Adequate	Good	Inadequate	Adequate	Adequate	Good	Requires improvement	Adequate
Thames Valley	Ungraded	Not inspected	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Requires improvement
West Midlands	Ungraded	Not inspected	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
West Yorkshire	Ungraded	Outstanding	Adequate	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate	Adequate	Requires improvement	Adequate
Wiltshire	Ungraded	Adequate	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Adequate	Adequate