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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary — 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

good

Inspection cycle: 2023-2025

Per-pillar ratings

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

Source: HMICFRS PEEL assessments

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Full inspection history

Every published HMICFRS inspection for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary 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 2014–2020 (scale: Outstanding / Good / Requires improvement / Inadequate)

  1. 2020-02-07peel

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

    • Overall Effectiveness:Good
    • Overall Efficiency:Good
    • Overall Legitimacy:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2018-12-20thematic

    Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2018/19 - Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

    • Effectiveness:Good
    • Efficiency:Good
    • People:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  3. 2018-03-22peel

    PEEL: police effectiveness 2017 – Hampshire Constabulary

    • Effectiveness of preventing crime, tackling anti-social behaviour, and keeping people safe:Requires Improvement
    • Effectiveness in investigating crime and reducing re-offending:Good
    • Effectiveness in protecting those who are vulnerable from harm, and supporting victims:Good
    • Effectiveness in tackling serious and organised crime:Good
    • Effectiveness of specialist capabilities:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS
  4. 2017-03-02peel

    PEEL: police effectiveness 2016 – Hampshire Constabulary

    • Overall effectiveness:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  5. 2016-11-03peel

    PEEL: police efficiency 2016 - Hampshire Constabulary

    • Efficiency:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS
  6. 2015-12-15PEEL

    Police effectiveness 2015 (Vulnerability) – Hampshire Constabulary

    • Vulnerability Inspection:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS

Baseline & thematic inspections (pre-PEEL)

  1. 2005-09-29force-specific

    Hampshire Police National Computer compliance audit

    • Data Management:Requires Improvement
    • Security Protocols:Adequate
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2005-03-30force-specific

    Hampshire, Havant Basic Command Unit inspection

    • Overall effectiveness:Adequate
    View report on HMICFRS
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