Sussex Police

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

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

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

Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Engaging with and treating the public with fairness and respect	Protecting vulnerable people	Investigating crime	Recording data about crime
Preventing crime and anti-social behaviour	Managing offenders and suspects		Responding to the public
	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce
	Strategic planning, organisational management and value for money
	Disrupting serious organised crime

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,462 square miles

Population

1.72m people

8% local 10 yr change

Workforce

87% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.13 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

1% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.05 per person

0.06 national level

7% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

49p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Sussex Police provides policing services to the areas of East, West and Mid Sussex. The police force area covers 1,460 square miles with approximately 150 miles of coastline in the south of England.

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

Around 1.7 million people mainly live in the urban centres, especially along the south coast, which include the city of Brighton and the towns of Bognor Regis, Hastings, Hove, and Horsham. The resident population is increased by university students and the very large numbers who visit, socialise in, or travel through the area each year.

The transport infrastructure includes major rail stations, a major airport and major sea ports.

More about this area – What Sussex Police says

Connect with Sussex Police

Sussex Police website

Sussex Police Crime and Commissioner’s website