Humberside Police has been congratulated for its outstanding
performance, the police inspectorate has said.
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue
Services (HMICFRS) graded Humberside Police’s
performance across nine areas of
policing and found the force was
‘outstanding’ in six areas, ‘good’ in two areas and
‘adequate’ in one area.
HMICFRS said the force was graded ‘outstanding’ in preventing
crime, treatment of the public, protecting vulnerable people,
managing offenders, developing a positive workplace and good use
of resources.
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Roy Wilsher
said:
“I want to congratulate Humberside Police on its excellent
performance in keeping people safe and reducing crime. The force
has achieved the highest level of performance and service in six
areas of policing and demonstrated improvements in many areas.
“I was pleased to find that the force arrest rate for domestic
abuse is high and officers arrest offenders at the earliest
opportunity. Victims can be reassured that the force treats
crimes seriously and it will seek to achieve appropriate outcomes
for them.
“The force also continues to develop its well-established
neighbourhood policing model, and this works effectively to
tackle local problems. It also places value on early
intervention, which is important in supporting children and young
people to divert them away from offending.
“However, although the force has improved its recording of crime,
it still needs to improve its reporting of anti-social behaviour
incidents.
“This is an excellent report and Humberside Police should be
applauded for its efforts to keep the public safe. I will
continue to monitor its progress in maintaining this high level
of performance.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
- The Humberside Police PEEL 2021/22
report (police effectiveness, efficiency
and legitimacy) will be published on
the HMICFRS
website at 00:01 on Friday 25 November
2022.
- In 2014, we introduced our police effectiveness, efficiency
and legitimacy (PEEL) inspections, which assess the performance
of all 43 police forces in England and Wales. Since then, we have
been continuously adapting our approach and this year has seen
the most significant changes yet.
- We are moving to a more intelligence-led, continual
assessment approach, rather than the annualPEEL inspections we
used in previous years. We have also changed our approach to
graded judgments. We now assess forces against the characteristics of good
performance, and we more clearly link our judgments to
causes of concern and areas for improvement.
- We have also expanded our previous four-tier system of
judgments to five tiers. As a result, we can state more precisely
where we consider improvement is needed and highlight more
effectively the best ways of doing things.
- However, these changes mean that it isn’t possible to make
direct comparisons between the grades awarded this year with
those from previous PEEL inspections. A reduction in grade,
particularly from good to adequate, does not necessarily mean
that there has been a reduction in performance, unless we say so
in the report.
