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The accountability gap, in numbers.

Drawn from HMICFRS inspection grades, IOPC review outcomes and our own audit of every force's published super-complaint response, the official record of how forces are policed and how complaints against them are handled.

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Under HMICFRS escalation

16

of 44 forces with ≥1 open cause of concern

Reviewed complaints overturned

29.8%

nearly 1 in 3 · 601 of 2,015 IOPC reviews, 2024/25

PEEL pillar grades
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worst pillar per force, of 44

Sourced super-complaint responses

44

of 44 forces · VNS audit, original sourcing

Nearly 1 in 3 IOPC-reviewed complaint decisions were found not reasonable or proportionate.
Source: IOPC 2024/25 annual review outcomes

Five forces under most active scrutiny

  1. Lincolnshire Police

    PEEL Inadequate, 4 causes of concern · IOPC 530 per 1,000 staff · super-complaint attachment only

  2. Nottinghamshire Police

    PEEL Inadequate, 3 causes of concern · IOPC 417 per 1,000 staff · super-complaint response sourced

  3. Metropolitan Police Service

    PEEL Inadequate, 2 causes of concern · IOPC 247 per 1,000 staff · super-complaint response sourced

  4. Devon & Cornwall Police

    PEEL Inadequate, 2 causes of concern · IOPC 198 per 1,000 staff · super-complaint response sourced

  5. West Midlands Police

    PEEL Inadequate, 2 causes of concern · IOPC 330 per 1,000 staff · super-complaint attachment only

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Benchmarks373 IOPC complaints per 1,000 staff9.8 stalking offences per 1,000 populationEngland & Wales averages, so individual force figures elsewhere on the site can be read in contextSnapshot refreshed 28/07/2026, 12:32:42

SourcesHMICFRS PEEL (official inspection grades) · IOPC 2024/25 annual review outcomes · VNS audit of force-published super-complaint responses · misconduct999.com (third-party aggregator, used for hearing counts shown on per-force pages).

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