PEEL: Police effectiveness 2015
The primary role of the police is to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour, and to protect individuals, communities and victims – especially those who are vulnerable. This report sets out findings from an inspection of how effectively the 43 police forces in England and Wales are meeting these objectives.
HMIC defines an effective force as one that reduces crime, and keeps people safe.
After consultation with the public, forces, police and crime commissioners, Government and other interested parties, HMIC has assessed forces’ effectiveness by asking how well they:
- prevent crime and anti-social behaviour, and keep people safe;
- investigate crime and manage offenders;
- protect those who are vulnerable, and support victims; and
- tackle serious and organised crime, including their arrangements for fulfilling their national policing responsibilities.
This is one strand of HMIC’s PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy) annual, all-force assessment. The effectiveness report follows reports on efficiency and legitimacy, published in October 2015 and February 2016 respectively. The findings relating to question 3 above were published in December 2015, so that forces could start making immediate improvements to ensure that all vulnerable people receive the protection and support which they need.
Get the national report
PEEL: Police effectiveness 2015 – A national overview (PDF document)
Get the press release
Get the force reports
Police effectiveness 2015 – Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Bedfordshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Cheshire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – City of London Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Cleveland Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Cumbria Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Derbyshire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Devon and Cornwall Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Dorset Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Durham Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Dyfed-Powys Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Essex Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Gloucestershire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Greater Manchester Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Gwent Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Hampshire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Hertfordshire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Humberside Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Kent Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Lancashire Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Leicestershire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Lincolnshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Merseyside Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Metropolitan Police Service
Police effectiveness 2015 – Norfolk Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – North Wales Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – North Yorkshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Northamptonshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Northumbria Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Nottinghamshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – South Wales Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – South Yorkshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Staffordshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Suffolk Constabulary
Police effectiveness 2015 – Surrey Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Sussex Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Thames Valley Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Warwickshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – West Mercia Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – West Midlands Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – West Yorkshire Police
Police effectiveness 2015 – Wiltshire Police
Get the police and crime commissioners’ responses to the report
Cheshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Cleveland police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Cumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Derbyshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Dorset police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Durham police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Dyfed-Powys police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Essex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Greater Manchester police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Gwent police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Lancashire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Lincolnshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’ (PDF document)
Merseyside police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
North Wales police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Northumbria police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Staffordshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Suffolk police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’ (PDF document)
Surrey police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Sussex police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’ (PDF document)
West Mercia police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
West Midlands police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’
Wiltshire police and crime commissioner’s response to ‘Police effectiveness 2015’