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Lancashire 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

Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability
outstanding
Recording data about crime
good
Responding to the public
adequate
Protecting vulnerable people
requires improvement
Investigating crime
adequate
Managing offenders and suspects
good
Building, supporting and protecting the workforce
good
Leadership and force management
good

Source: HMICFRS PEEL assessments

Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Full inspection history

Every published HMICFRS inspection for Lancashire 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 2023+ (current framework; scale: Outstanding / Good / Adequate / Requires improvement / Inadequate)

  1. 2023-07-19force-specific

    Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Lancashire

    • Custody Services:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2023-06-16PEEL

    A report into the effectiveness of vetting arrangements in Lancashire Constabulary

    • Vetting Arrangements:Good
    View report on HMICFRS

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

  1. 2022-10-14peel

    PEEL 2021/22 – An inspection of Lancashire Constabulary

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

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

  1. 2018-03-22peel

    PEEL: police effectiveness 2017 – Lancashire Constabulary

    • Overall effectiveness:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
  2. 2016-09-22revisit

    Best Use of Stop and Search revisit - Lancashire Constabulary

    • Overall Compliance:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS
  3. 2016-02-11peel

    Police legitimacy 2015 – Lancashire Constabulary

    • Legitimacy:Requires Improvement
    View report on HMICFRS

Baseline & thematic inspections (pre-PEEL)

  1. 2008-06-29thematic

    Lancashire Phase 2, major crime

    • Overall effectiveness:Good
    View report on HMICFRS
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