Gwent Police

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

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

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HMICFRS’s assessment of Gwent Police

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 Gwent Police, we made the following judgments:

Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Preventing crime and anti-social behaviour	Engaging with and treating the public with fairness and respect	Investigating crime	Responding to the public
Managing offenders and suspects	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce	Protecting vulnerable people
	Tackling workforce corruption
	Strategic planning, organisational management and value for money

Da	Digonol	Angen gwella	Annigonol
Atal troseddu ac ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol	Ymgysylltu a thrin y cyhoedd yn deg a gyda pharch	Ymchwilio i droseddau	Ymateb i’r cyhoedd
Rheoli troseddwyr a’r rhai dan amheuaeth	Adeiladu, cefnogi ac amddiffyn y gweithlu	Amddiffyn pobl fregus
	Mynd i'r afael â llygredd y gweithlu
	Cynllunio strategol, rheoli’r sefydliad a gwerth am arian

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

600 square miles

Population

0.598m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

81% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.73 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

9% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.06 per person

0.06 national level

12% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

66p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

Gwent Police provides policing services to the county of Gwent. The police force area covers 600 square miles with approximately 50 miles of coastline in the south of Wales.

Although there are some more affluent areas, Gwent has a high level of poverty.

Around 0.6 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the city of Newport, and the towns of Ebbw Vale, Monmouth and Cwmbran. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

The transport infrastructure includes a sea port.

More about this area – What Gwent Police says

Connect with Gwent Police

Gwent Police website

Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner’s website