Surrey Police

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

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

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

Read our other reports for Surrey Police

Report on an unannounced inspection visit to police custody suites in Surrey – February 2022

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

645 square miles

Population

1.2m people

7% local 10 yr change

Workforce

90% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.30 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

6% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.04 per person

0.06 national level

3% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

57p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Surrey Police provides policing services to the county of Surrey. The police force area covers 642 square miles in the south east of England.

Surrey is generally affluent.

Around 1.2 million people mainly live in the urban centres which include the outskirts of Greater London, as well as several other distinct urban areas, including the towns of Guildford, Reigate, Staines and Esher. The resident population is ethnically diverse, with 10 percent from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and 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.

More about this area – What Surrey Police says

Connect with Surrey Police

Surrey Police website

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner’s website