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Publication  —  PEEL  —  14 May 2025

PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for West Mercia Police.

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL, PEEL methodology  —  11 April 2025

This is our assessment framework for our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme for 2025-2027. We assess each police force in England and Wales, giving graded judgments across several core questions set out in this framework.

Publication  —  Anti-social behaviour, PEEL, Spotlight  —  10 October 2024

This report focuses on the police response to antisocial behaviour. It also highlights examples of positive practice and joint working between the police and other organisations to address antisocial behaviour.

Publication  —  PEEL, Regional Organised Crime Units, Serious and organised crime  —  14 May 2024

As part of our PEEL inspections, we inspected how well police forces tackle serious and organised crime. The forces in this report are Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands.

Publication  —  Cause of concern, Letter, PEEL  —  31 October 2023

During our inspection of West Mercia Police between 6 September 2021 and 1 October 2021, we identified a cause of concern. This letter provides an update on our findings following a revisit in July 2023.

Publication  —  PEEL, Police performance, Spotlight  —  7 July 2023

This report focuses on the findings from our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy 2021/22 inspection programme, which assesses the performance of the 43 police forces in England and Wales.

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL, PEEL methodology  —  8 February 2023

This is our assessment framework for our police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme for 2023-2025. We assess each police force in England and Wales, giving graded judgments across several core questions set out in this framework.

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Ethics and accountability, Integrity and corruption, PEEL  —  17 November 2022

In September 2021, we inspected West Mercia Police to examine the effectiveness of the force’s vetting, IT monitoring and counter-corruption. 

Publication  —  Effectiveness, Efficiency, Legitimacy, PEEL  —  13 April 2022

PEEL is HMICFRS’s assessment of police forces in England and Wales. PEEL stands for police effectiveness, efficiency, and legitimacy. This report sets out the findings for West Mercia Police.

Publication  —  Collaboration, PEEL, Spotlight  —  21 July 2020

Many police forces across England and Wales collaborate with neighbouring forces to share resources and core functions. This report sets out our findings on how forces collaborate in order to provide better, more efficient services to the public.