Gloucestershire Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is temporary HMI for Gloucestershire.

This force is in the Wales and Western HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Read our other reports for Gloucestershire Constabulary

Report on an unannounced inspection visit to police custody suites in Gloucestershire – June 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,024 square miles

Population

0.641m people

8% local 10 yr change

Workforce

87% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.34 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

1% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.05 per person

0.06 national level

13% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

54p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Gloucestershire Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Gloucestershire. The police force area covers 1,024 square miles in the south west of England.

Although there are some areas of deprivation, Gloucestershire is generally affluent.

Around 0.6 million people live in a predominantly rural setting. Its urban areas include the city of Gloucester, and the towns of Cheltenham, Tewskesbury and Cirencester. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

More about this area – What Gloucestershire Constabulary says

Connect with Gloucestershire Constabulary

Gloucestershire Constabulary website

Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website