Lancashire Constabulary

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

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Read our other reports for Lancashire Constabulary

Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Lancashire – July 2023

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,184 square miles

Population

1.52m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

90% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.67 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

2% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

13% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

55p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Lancashire Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Lancashire. The police force area covers 1,187 square miles with approximately 100 miles of coastline in the north west of England.

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

Around 1.5 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the city of Preston. The resident population is ethnically diverse, with 10 percent from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and is increased by university students and the very large numbers who visit, socialise, or travel through the county each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations, air and sea ports.

More about this area – What Lancashire Police says

Connect with Lancashire Constabulary

Lancashire Constabulary website

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website