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Suffolk Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for Suffolk.

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

HMICFRS’s assessment of Suffolk Constabulary

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 Suffolk Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

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

Read our other reports for Suffolk Constabulary

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,468 square miles

Population

0.761m people
5% local 10 yr change

Workforce

94% frontline police officers
92% national level
2.94 per 1000 population
3.69 national level
4% 10yr change in local workforce
5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.05 per person
0.06 national level
5% Local 5 year trend
9% National 5 year trend

Cost

49p per person per day local
59p per person per day national

These are the latest key facts about Suffolk Constabulary.

About the force

Suffolk Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Suffolk. The police force area covers 1,467 square miles with approximately 140 miles of coastline in East Anglia.

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

Around 0.7 million people live in a predominantly rural setting. It has a small number of distinct urban areas that include the towns of Ipswich and Lowestoft. The resident population is increased by university students and the large numbers who visit or travel through the area each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major sea ports.

More about this area – What Suffolk Constabulary says

Connect with Suffolk Constabulary

Suffolk Constabulary website

Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner’s website

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