Police news

News article  —  19 May 2025

Today, the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorates have published a joint inspection plan for 2025–27.

News article  —  16 May 2025

Law enforcement agencies have missed opportunities to investigate organised immigration crime, with intelligence gathering neither being effective nor robust enough.

News article  —  14 May 2025

Today, we published PEEL reports for Essex, Northumbria and West Mercia. 

News article  —  14 May 2025

There are serious concerns about the performance of Lincolnshire Police, particularly in how it investigates crime and how quickly it responds to incidents.

News article  —  7 May 2025

Police need to be better prepared to manage the risks online content poses to the public, and must prioritise intelligence on disorder.

News article  —  6 May 2025

Ofsted has published a letter with findings from a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to victims of domestic abuse in Reading.

News article  —  11 April 2025

We have published our assessment framework for our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme for the 2025-2027 cycle.

News article  —  10 April 2025

HMICFRS has graded the performance of Dorset Police across nine areas.

News article  —  10 April 2025

Cleveland Police has made progress in all areas since its previous inspection, but must improve how it investigates crime and protects vulnerable people.

News article  —  4 April 2025

We revisited Nottinghamshire Police to review the progress made against our recommendations.