North Yorkshire Police

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Michelle Skeer is HMI for North Yorkshire.

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Read our other reports for North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire – National child protection inspection post-inspection review – May 2023
Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in North Yorkshire – September 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

3,209 square miles

Population

0.832m people

5% local 10 yr change

Workforce

87% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.34 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

3% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.04 per person

0.06 national level

6% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

52p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

North Yorkshire Police provides policing services to the county of North Yorkshire. The police force area covers 3,208 square miles with approximately 55 miles of coastline in the north of England.

Although there are some areas of deprivation, North Yorkshire is generally affluent.

Around 0.8 million people live in a predominantly rural setting. Its distinct urban areas include the coastal towns of Scarborough and Whitby as well as the city of York. The resident population is increased by university students and the very large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations.

More about this area – What North Yorkshire says

Connect with North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police website

North Yorkshire Police. Fire and Crime Commissioner’s website