Northumbria Police

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

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

2,151 square miles

Population

1.47m people

4% local 10 yr change

Workforce

89% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.66 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

18% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.07 per person

0.06 national level

22% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

56p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Northumbria Police provides policing services to the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. The police force area covers 2,144 square miles with approximately 140 miles of coastline in the north east England.

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

Around 1.4 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the cities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland, as well as a number of smaller towns on the coast. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit, socialise in, or travel through the area each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations and air and sea ports.

More about this area – What Northumbria Police says

Connect with Northumbria Police

Northumbria Police website

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner’s website