Merseyside Police

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

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

252 square miles

Population

1.43m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

93% frontline police officers

92% national level

4.40 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

8% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

8% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

68p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Merseyside Police provides policing services to the metropolitan area of Merseyside. The police force area covers 250 square miles with approximately 65 miles of coastline in the north west of England.

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

Around 1.4 million people live in a predominantly urban setting. The force covers the conurbation that includes the city of Liverpool and surrounding towns. The resident population is increased by very large number of university students and the large numbers who visit, socialise in, commute into, or travel through the area each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations, an airport and a major sea port.

More about this area – What Merseyside Police says

Connect with Merseyside Police

Merseyside Police website

Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner’s website