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Cleveland Police — HMICFRS PEEL Rating

HMICFRS publishes inspection ratings for every UK force. This is the most recently published rating for this force.

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Overall rating

adequate

Inspection cycle: 2023-2025

Per-pillar ratings

Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully
good
Responding to the public
adequate
Investigating crime
requires improvement
Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability
good
Leadership and force management
adequate
Protecting vulnerable people
requires improvement
Managing offenders and suspects
good
Building, supporting and protecting the workforce
good

Source: HMICFRS PEEL assessments

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Full inspection history

Every published HMICFRS inspection for Cleveland Police that carries a graded judgement, showing only the area-level grades exactly as published.

HMICFRS changed its assessment framework over time, so grades are not directly comparable across eras. We group reports by framework era and never infer any trend, improvement or decline between them.

Download this force’s inspection history (CSV)

PEEL 2023+ (current framework; scale: Outstanding / Good / Adequate / Requires improvement / Inadequate)

  1. 2023-06-16peel

    A report into the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in Cleveland Police

    • Vetting and Counter-Corruption Arrangements:Adequate
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2023-03-17peel

    PEEL 2021/22 – An inspection of Cleveland Police

    • Effectiveness:Adequate
    • Efficiency:Good
    • Legitimacy:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  3. 2023-01-20thematic

    Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2021/22 – Cleveland Fire Brigade

    • Effectiveness:Good
    • Efficiency:Good
    • People:Good
    View report on HMICFRS

Integrated PEEL 2021–22 (scale: Outstanding / Good / Adequate / Requires improvement / Inadequate)

  1. 2021-08-12thematic

    Report on an unannounced inspection visit to police custody suites in Cleveland Police

    • Custody Services:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS

PEEL 2014–2020 (scale: Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate)

  1. 2019-09-27peel

    PEEL: Police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy 2018/19 – Cleveland Police

    • Effectiveness:Good
    • Efficiency:Good
    • Legitimacy:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2018-03-22peel

    PEEL: police effectiveness 2017 – Cleveland Police

    • Police effectiveness:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  3. 2017-03-02peel

    PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Cleveland Police

    • Overall Effectiveness:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS
  4. 2016-12-08peel

    PEEL: police legitimacy 2016 - Cleveland Police

    • Legitimacy:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  5. 2016-02-18peel

    Police effectiveness 2015 – Cleveland Police

    • Overall Effectiveness:Good
    • Preventing Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour:Good
    • Investigating Crime and Managing Offenders:Requires Improvement
    • Protecting Vulnerable People and Supporting Victims:Good
    • Tackling Serious and Organised Crime:Good
    View report on HMICFRS

Baseline & thematic inspections (pre-PEEL)

  1. 2004-04-29force-specific

    Cleveland, Stockton Basic Command Unit inspection

    • Overall effectiveness:Good
    • Leadership:Adequate
    View report on HMICFRS
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