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Hampshire Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

HMICFRS’s assessment of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

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

Read our other reports for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,602 square miles

Population

2m people
6% local 10 yr change

Workforce

93% frontline police officers
92% national level
2.64 per 1000 population
3.69 national level
14% 10yr change in local workforce
5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.06 per person
0.06 national level
1% Local 5 year trend
9% National 5 year trend

Cost

46p per person per day local
59p per person per day national

These are the latest key facts about Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The police force area covers 1,602 square miles with approximately 230 miles of coastline in the south of England.

Although there are some areas of deprivation, Hampshire has areas of marked affluence.

Around 2 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the cities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester, the towns of Basingstoke and Farnborough as well as the town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit, socialise, or travel through the area each year.

The transport infrastructure also includes major rail stations, an airport and major sea ports

More about this area – What Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary says

Connect with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary website

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner’s website

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