Cheshire Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for Cheshire.

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Cheshire Constabulary

Our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy), and other force assessments give you information about how your local police force has performed in several important areas.

In our latest assessments of Cheshire Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

Outstanding	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement
Protecting vulnerable people	Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully	Responding to the public	Tackling workforce corruption
Managing offenders and suspects	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Investigating crime
	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce	Disrupting serious organised crime
	Leadership and force management

Read our other reports for Cheshire Constabulary

Cheshire – National child protection inspection – May 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

906 square miles

Population

1.07m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

92% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.55 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

2% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.06 per person

0.06 national level

42% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

55p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Cheshire Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Cheshire. The police force area covers 905 square miles and a coastline of approximately 67 miles in the north west of England.

Although there are some areas of marked affluence, Cheshire is generally poor.

Around one million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the city of Chester and the towns of Warrington, Crewe and Macclesfield. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit, socialise, or travel through the county each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations.

More about this area – What Cheshire Constabulary says

Connect with Cheshire Police

Cheshire Constabulary website

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website