Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue
Services (HMICFRS) has today published an assessment on the
accuracy of crime recording in South Wales Police, which found
that the force records around 90 percent of crimes reported to
it.
HMICFRS previously inspected the accuracy of crime
recording in South Wales Police in 2014.
To assess the extent that recorded crime information
in South Wales Police can be trusted, HMICFRS asked:
ï‚· How effective is the force at
recording reported crime?
ï‚· How efficiently do the systems and
processes in the force support accurate crime -
recording?
ï‚· How well does the force
demonstrate the leadership and culture necessary t o meet
the national standards for crime - recording?
Based on these criteria, overall HMIC FRS has judged
South Wales Police as ‘
good ’ .
HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams
said:
“South Wales Police has made a concerted effort to
improve its crime - recording practices since
we last inspected in 2014. The force now achieves a good
level of crime recording accuracy, which gives it a much
better understanding of the threats to the public, and what
resources it will need to tackle those threats .
“Although the fo rce is judged as
‘ good ’ ,
there is still room for some improvement for it to be
judged as ‘outstanding’. At present we
estimate that the force fails to properly
record around 11,000 crimes each year . The force
needs to ensure that staff and officers underst and the
crime - recording standards set of them, and that they are
supervised properly.
“Due to the outstanding commitment demonstrated by
the force’s leadership to getting this right,
I am confident that it will improve even further. I will
continue to moni tor the progress the force makes.
”
South Wales Police -
Crime data integrity 2017 report
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