Durham Constabulary

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

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Durham 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 Durham Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

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

Read our other reports for Durham Constabulary

Durham – National child protection inspection – March 2020

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

938 square miles

Population

0.641m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

92% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.61 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

3% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

43% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

56p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Durham Constabulary provides policing services to the areas of County Durham and Darlington. The police force area covers 936 square miles with approximately 15 miles of coastline in the north east of England.

Although there are some highly affluent areas, Durham has a high level of poverty.

Around 0.6 million people live in a predominantly rural setting. The area includes the city of Durham and the town of Darlington as well as several smaller towns. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the area each year.

More about this area – What Durham Constabulary says

Connect with Durham Constabulary

Durham Constabulary website

Durham Police and Crime Commissioner’s website