ACPO comment on HMIC Crime and Policing Comparator

ACPO lead on performance management Chief Constable Steve Finnigan said:

“Ensuring that the public we serve understand what we do and why we do it is crucial for the police service. The Crime and Policing Comparator set out today by HMIC presents a range of data on crime, solved crimes, costs, workforce, anti-social behaviour and victim satisfaction. It allows the public to use this data to compare their force with other forces in England and Wales, as well as looking at their force’s data over time.

“This data attempts to show the breadth of activity that the police service is inspected and assessed against, across thousands of daily interactions between the police and the public. Police forces place quality at the heart of everything we do, whether that is in the service we deliver to victims or the way in which we handle calls from members of the public. We also ensure that quality doesn’t come at a high price ensuring value for money in all the services we deliver.

“There can be no doubt that the task of the police service today is more complicated and varied than ever before. To offer an accurate representation of contemporary policing is therefore irrefutably in the interest of both the public and the service. In common with the rest of the public sector, police forces are finding new and less expensive ways of working that meet the needs of the public and sustain quality of service.”

The HMIC Crime and Policing Comparator can be found here: http://www.hmic.gov.uk/crime-and-policing-comparator/

Further policing data can be found at http://www.police.uk/

For more information please contact:

ACPO Press Office
Association of Chief Police Officers
e: press.office@acpo.pnn.police.uk