
Hertfordshire Constabulary
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for Hertfordshire.
This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.
HMICFRS’s assessment of Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire Constabulary, we made the following judgments:
Read our other reports for Hertfordshire Constabulary
- Hertfordshire Constabulary: closure of cause of concern – July 2025
- A report into the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in Hertfordshire Constabulary – November 2022
- Report on an unannounced inspection visit to police custody suites in Hertfordshire – June 2022
- Hertfordshire – National child protection inspection – March 2020
News related to Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Recent news
- Hertfordshire Constabulary: closure of cause of concern
- Opportunities to investigate organised immigration crime are being lost
- Police ill-equipped to tackle impact of online content during serious disorder
- PEEL assessment framework (PAF) 2025–2027
- Forces must improve the effectiveness of crime investigations and achieve better outcomes for victims
Publications related to Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Recent publications
- Hertfordshire Constabulary: closure of cause of concern
- Observations, learning and good practice from 2024 force management statements
- Improving the response to organised immigration crime
- An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024: Tranche 2
- PEEL assessment framework (PAF) 2025–2027
Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area
Population
Workforce
Victim-based crimes
Cost
These are the latest key facts about Hertfordshire Constabulary.
About the force
Hertfordshire Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Hertfordshire. The police force area covers 634 square miles in the south east of England.
Although there are some areas of deprivation, Hertfordshire is generally affluent.
Around 1.1 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the city of St Albans, as well as the towns of Watford and Stevenage. The resident population is ethnically diverse, with 12 percent from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.
The transport infrastructure also includes a major rail station.
More about this area – What Hertfordshire Constabulary says