Police crime and incident reports
Improvements needed to the systems and processes of police crime and incident reports.
New HMI announced
HMIC has been advised by the Home Office that Stephen Otter has been appointed as Her Majesty’s Inspector.
Review of the August disorders
A new framework is needed so police are better prepared, trained and ready to protect the public.
Inspecting policing in the public interest
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) independently assesses police forces and policing activity ranging from neighbourhood teams through serious crime to the fight against terrorism – in the public interest.
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Crime and Policing Comparator
The Crime and Policing Comparator is HMIC’s online tool that brings together data from all 43 police forces across England and Wales for the past three years. It enables the public to explore the raw data in one place or interactively draw graphs of their choice.
Crime and Policing Comparator supports the Government’s agenda to increase democratic accountability through transparency.
Valuing the Police: Preparedness Inspection
In Spring 2010, HMIC carried out an inspection into the preparedness of forces and authorities across England and Wales to make savings over the four years of the comprehensive spending review period (2011/12 to 2012/15).
Our report, ‘Adapting to Austerity’ incorporates our inspection findings, and provides an independent commentary on the estimated scale of the challenge, and how (at this stage) forces and authorities plan to meet it.
Individual reports on how each police force is performing can be found in this section, together with the underlying data.
Media Centre
Police crime and incident reports
25 January 2012
Improvements needed to the systems and processes of police crime and incident reports.
11 January 2012
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HMIC recently carried out joint inspections of custody facilities in Northumbria and Nottinghamshire.
16 December 2011
HMIC has published a report on Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ use of information and intelligence to counter fraud in the tax credits system.
Featured Publications
20 December 2011
HMIC found police need to be better prepared, trained and ready to protect the public if they are to improve upon their response to public disorder.
A review of police relationships
13 December 2011
Corruption not endemic in the police service but police need more robust systems.
21 July 2011
Police have made a good start, but need to transform their efficiency.