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HMICFRS Police Inspections

Compare police force assessments under the PEEL inspection framework, then read the dated findings and recommendations.

16 of 49 forces assessed in 2025-27353 HMICFRS reports in the wider collection2,109 findings indexed across that collection

State of Policing 2025–26

National assessment · published 8 September 2026

The Chief Inspector’s assessment draws together 66 inspection reports. Its PEEL evidence covers the first 13 of 43 territorial forces in the rolling 2025–27 cycle, as at 4 September 2026.

Force reports

13 of 43

Good/outstanding investigations

Investigations below adequate

9 of 13

Workforce survey

45% burnt out · 56% fatigued

Selected PEEL judgments in the annual assessment. Counts are forces, not percentages.
Inspection area	O	G	A	RI	I
Investigating crime	0	0	4	7	2
Safeguarding children and adults at risk	0	2	5	4	2
Responding to the public	0	2	8	2	1
Workforce figures are from 55,602 respondents across 33 participating forces and mean “always or often”. Read the indexed annual assessment.

PEEL assessments

16 of 49 forces · 2025-27

Compare assessments within the same period. Grades use the framework applicable to that period. The table scrolls horizontally on smaller screens; every assessment area remains available. Force links open the public report or report collection.

O: Outstanding · G: Good · A: Adequate · RI: Requires improvement · I: Inadequate · —: No grade indexed

Police force grades, 2025-27. Sorted by lowest recorded grade, then force name.
Force and report	Leadership and force management	Attracting, developing and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce	Using powers fairly, appropriately and with justification	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Responding to the public	Investigating crime	Safeguarding children and adults at risk of harm	Managing fraud	Providing a safe and lawful custody environment
Devon and Cornwall Police	RI	RI	A	A	RI	I	I	RI	—
Gloucestershire Constabulary (HMICFRS report)	I	RI	A	RI	RI	I	RI	RI	—
Northamptonshire Police	RI	A	G	A	RI	I	A	A	A
Staffordshire Police	RI	A	A	A	I	RI	A	RI	A
Suffolk Constabulary	RI	A	RI	G	A	A	I	RI	I
Dyfed-Powys Police (HMICFRS report)	A	G	G	G	G	RI	A	A	A
Humberside Police	A	A	A	O	G	A	RI	A	A
Merseyside Police	G	G	G	O	A	RI	A	A	A
North Yorkshire Police	G	G	G	G	A	A	G	G	RI
South Wales Police (HMICFRS report)	A	A	RI	A	RI	RI	A	RI	—
Surrey Police	RI	RI	G	G	A	RI	A	RI	—
Thames Valley Police	RI	G	A	G	A	RI	RI	A	—
West Yorkshire Police	RI	RI	A	A	A	RI	RI	RI	—
Wiltshire Police	A	A	G	G	A	RI	RI	A	—
Cumbria Constabulary	G	G	A	A	G	A	G	A	—
Kent Police	G	O	A	G	A	A	A	A	—

About the wider report collection

HMICFRS publishes thematic and joint reports, super-complaint investigations, commissioned inspections and reports about individual forces and fire services. The collection holds 2,109 findings, including 1,627 marked open and 359 marked completed. These totals span report types and periods.

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