
Merseyside Police
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Michelle Skeer HMI for Merseyside.
This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.
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:
News related to Merseyside Police.
Recent news
- 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
- Responses to the super-complaint report on the police response to stalking
Publications related to Merseyside Police.
Recent publications
- 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
- An inspection into how effectively the police investigate crime
- Responses to the super-complaint report on the police response to stalking
Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area
Population
Workforce
Victim-based crimes
Cost
These are the latest key facts about Merseyside Police.
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