Leicestershire Police

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

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire Police, we made the following judgments:

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

Read our other reports for Leicestershire Police

A report into the effectiveness of vetting arrangements in Leicestershire Police – November 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

985 square miles

Population

1.11m people

10% local 10 yr change

Workforce

94% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.43 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

6% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.06 per person

0.06 national level

23% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

50p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Leicestershire Police provides policing services to the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The police force area covers 980 square miles in the east midlands of England.

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

Around 1.1 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the city of Leicester and the towns of Loughborough, Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray. The resident population is ethnically diverse, with 22 percent from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and is increased by the very large number of university students and those who visit, socialise in, or travel through the county.

The transport infrastructure includes rail stations and an airport.

More about this area – What Leicestershire Police says

Connect with Leicestershire Police

Leicestershire Police website

Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website