Lincolnshire Police

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

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

Lincolnshire Police is currently in our Engage stage of enhanced monitoring.

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

Adequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Vetting police officers and staff	Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully	Responding to the public
	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Investigating crime
	Protecting vulnerable people	Managing offenders and suspects
	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce	Leadership and force management
	Upholding the standards of professional behaviour
	Tackling potential corruption

Read our other reports for Lincolnshire Police

Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Lincolnshire – August 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

2,292 square miles

Population

0.766m people

8% local 10 yr change

Workforce

96% frontline police officers

92% national level

2.10 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

27% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.05 per person

0.06 national level

28% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

45p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Lincolnshire Police provides policing services to the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire.

The police force area covers 2,292 square miles with approximately 150 miles of coastline in the east of England.

Although there are some more affluent areas, Lincolnshire has a high level of poverty. Around 0.7 million people live in a mainly rural setting. Its urban areas include the city of Lincoln and the small towns of Boston, Grantham, Skegness and Spalding. The resident population is increased by university students and those who visit or travel through the county.

More about this area – What Lincolnshire Police says

Connect with Lincolnshire Police

Lincolnshire Police website

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website