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Proposed policing inspection programme and framework 2025–29: For consultation

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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:

 
Outstanding Good Adequate Requires improvement Inadequate
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

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

Connect with Merseyside Police

Merseyside Police website

Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner’s website

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