Force-by-force analysis

UK Police Forces

All 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, examined through a consistent lens: structural context, official stop and search figures, disproportionality, and HMICFRS PEEL inspection findings. Select a force to read its profile.

London

City of London Police 992 officers B/W ratio 36.1× PEEL: Pending Visit official force website ↗

Metropolitan Police Service 33,293 officers B/W ratio 3.1× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

South East

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary 3,370 officers B/W ratio N/A PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Kent Police 4,168 officers B/W ratio 3.5× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Surrey Police 2,330 officers B/W ratio 5× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Sussex Police 3,206 officers B/W ratio 5.6× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Thames Valley Police 5,000 officers B/W ratio 3.4× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

South West

Avon and Somerset Police 3,327 officers B/W ratio 4.7× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Devon and Cornwall Police 3,618 officers B/W ratio 5.2× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Dorset Police 1,420 officers B/W ratio 7.2× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Gloucestershire Constabulary 1,346 officers B/W ratio 3.8× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Wiltshire Police 1,213 officers B/W ratio 8.7× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

East of England

Bedfordshire Police 1,481 officers B/W ratio 2.4× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Cambridgeshire Constabulary 1,720 officers B/W ratio 4.6× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Essex Police 3,760 officers B/W ratio 4.1× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Hertfordshire Constabulary 2,379 officers B/W ratio 3.1× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Norfolk Constabulary 1,911 officers B/W ratio 6.7× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Suffolk Constabulary 1,403 officers B/W ratio 4.7× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

East Midlands

Derbyshire Constabulary 2,102 officers B/W ratio 4.2× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Leicestershire Police 2,248 officers B/W ratio 2.8× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Lincolnshire Police 1,173 officers B/W ratio 4.2× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

Northamptonshire Police 1,465 officers B/W ratio 2.8× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

Nottinghamshire Police 2,391 officers B/W ratio 3.9× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

West Midlands

Staffordshire Police 1,997 officers B/W ratio 2.1× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Warwickshire Police 1,131 officers B/W ratio 3.9× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

West Mercia Police 2,509 officers B/W ratio 4.4× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

West Midlands Police 7,991 officers B/W ratio 2.4× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

North West

Cheshire Constabulary 2,395 officers B/W ratio 3.4× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Cumbria Constabulary 1,365 officers B/W ratio 2.7× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Greater Manchester Police 8,112 officers B/W ratio 3.4× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

Lancashire Constabulary 3,561 officers B/W ratio 1.2× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Merseyside Police 4,159 officers B/W ratio 1.1× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Yorkshire and the Humber

Humberside Police 2,273 officers B/W ratio 1.4× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

North Yorkshire Police 1,655 officers B/W ratio 4.3× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

South Yorkshire Police 3,026 officers B/W ratio 3.2× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

West Yorkshire Police 6,138 officers B/W ratio 2.1× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

North East

Cleveland Police 1,520 officers B/W ratio 1.2× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

Durham Constabulary 1,376 officers B/W ratio 1× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Northumbria Police 3,829 officers B/W ratio 1.9× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

Wales

Dyfed-Powys Police 1,291 officers B/W ratio 2.2× PEEL: Good Visit official force website ↗

Gwent Police 1,549 officers B/W ratio 3.7× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

North Wales Police 1,736 officers B/W ratio 2.1× PEEL: Adequate Visit official force website ↗

South Wales Police 3,511 officers B/W ratio 3.3× PEEL: Requires improvement Visit official force website ↗

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