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Search any of the 43 forces in England and Wales. Each force gets a RAG rating, a plain-English summary, and a place in the national ranking - based on third-party coverage of misconduct hearings, shown alongside official Home Office statistics on each force page.

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Of 44 forces: 18 acting, 13 concern, 5 serious concern, 8 insufficient data.

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Sourcemisconduct999.com, a third-party aggregator that publishes posts on police misconduct hearings. These figures count hearings the blog has published a post about — not an official record and not the universe of recorded allegations. Data refreshed periodically; upstream scrape cadence is not independently verified. Snapshot generated ….

IOPC complaint rate · national context · 2024/25

Where forces sit on the size-adjusted rate

National average: 373 complaints per 1,000 employees (94,940 complaints across 254,867 employees). The size-adjusted rate flips the picture you'd get from raw volume - the Metropolitan Police logs the most complaints by far but, per 1,000 employees, sits below the national average at 247.

Highest rates

Cleveland832
Surrey602
Hampshire596

Lowest rates

Norfolk109
Suffolk123
British Transport164

Worth investigating · Table 3 timeliness outliers

Three forces sit far outside the national pack on complaint-handling speed

Most forces log a complaint within 1–10 working days and contact the complainant in a similar window. The published national averages of 7 days to log and 9 days to contact are pulled upward by the three forces below, each more than 3× the national average on at least one metric. We state the figures without speculating on why.

Devon and Cornwall89 days to log · 80 days to contact
North Yorkshire63 days to log · 56 days to contact
Gwent51 days to log · 26 days to contact
Gloucestershire7 days to log · 35 days to contact

Table 4 · Where recording follows dissatisfaction

Forces with the highest share of complaints recorded only after dissatisfaction

Across all 44 forces, on average 16% of Schedule 3 cases are formally recorded only after the complainant expresses dissatisfaction with how the complaint was first handled. The forces below sit well above that. One possible interpretation - flagged as interpretation, not fact - is that a high share here may reflect something about first-contact resolution: cases that aren't formally recorded unless the person pushes back. The figures don't prove that on their own; treat as one signal among many.

Cleveland67% only recorded after dissatisfaction
Lincolnshire66% only recorded after dissatisfaction
Merseyside55% only recorded after dissatisfaction
Nottinghamshire55% only recorded after dissatisfaction
Durham51% only recorded after dissatisfaction

Table 4 · Where the force records proactively

Forces with the highest share of complaints recorded by the handling body's own choice

National average is 40%. The forces below sit dramatically above that - they formally record a large majority of cases on their own initiative, without it being automatically mandatory or driven by the complainant. Descriptive, not a verdict.

Devon and Cornwall86% recorded on the force's own decision
Leicestershire73% recorded on the force's own decision
Sussex73% recorded on the force's own decision
Metropolitan70% recorded on the force's own decision
Derbyshire63% recorded on the force's own decision

Table 14 · Investigation rate extremes

How widely investigation is used to finalise allegations varies sharply

Nationally, 44% of finalised allegations are handled outside Schedule 3, 45% are recorded under Schedule 3 but not investigated, and 11% are recorded and investigated. The per-force spread on the "investigated" share is dramatic - from 47% at the top to 1% at the bottom. This is a procedural pattern, not a severity or outcome judgement; we state the figures without speculating on cause.

Highest investigated share

Thames Valley47% investigated
Northumbria33% investigated
Essex20% investigated

Lowest investigated share

Sussex1% investigated
West Mercia1% investigated
Hampshire2% investigated

Tables 26 & 27 · IOPC's own independent review judgement

Nearly 1 in 3 force complaint-handling decisions were overturned on review

Of 2,015 valid completed IOPC reviews in 2024/25, 601 (29.8%) found the force's original decision was not reasonable and proportionate. This is the IOPC's independent judgement on decision quality - not a volume, speed, or recording-process measure.

Breakdown: 326 of 1,112 paper reviews overturned (29.3%); 275 of 903 investigation reviews overturned (30.5%).

Highest overturn rate (n ≥ 10)

Suffolk44.4% · 12/27
Dorset40.9% · 9/22
Greater Manchester39.8% · 41/103
Surrey38.9% · 7/18
Dyfed-Powys38.5% · 5/13

Lowest overturn rate (n ≥ 10)

Humberside15.4% · 2/13
Northumbria16.4% · 12/73
Leicestershire17.5% · 7/40
Cambridgeshire18.5% · 5/27
Hampshire18.9% · 10/53

Forces with fewer than 10 valid completed reviews are excluded from these lists - a percentage on a tiny sample is noise, not a signal. Per-force pages still show those forces' raw counts and flag the sample as too small for a rate.

Source: IOPC, Police complaints statistics for England and Wales 2024/25 · Financial year 2024/25.

National picture · all 43 forces

What the NPCC's own synthesis report actually says

The NPCC commissioned an executive summary collating every force's November 2024 action plan and March 2025 six-month update against the 15 recommendations made to chief constables. The extracts below are verbatim from that report. Nothing on this page is paraphrased without being labelled. Useful context even for the forces that don't yet have an individual card here.

Progress the report records

Recommendation 10, training
88,879 officers had completed the College of Policing stalking e-learning by January 2025, an 800% rise since 2023, but still well short of the relevant workforce.
Data gathered from the College of Policing confirms that, as of January 2025, the completion rate across all forces in England and Wales stands at 88,879. This is compared with 148,886 officers across England and Wales, not all of whom will require this training. Whilst this is a considerable improvement, marking an 800% increase since 2023, there remains more work to be done to ensure all frontline staff have completed these e-learning packages.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report
Recommendations 27 & 28, publication
All 43 forces have published an action plan and submitted a six-month progress update.
All forces across England and Wales have complied with this recommendation and action plans have been published on force websites. Updated action plans have been received by the NPCC from all forces detailing progress made against commitments detailed in their initial action plans.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report

Gaps the report itself flags

Recommendation 14, victim needs assessments
Some forces' action plans did not even mention Victim Needs Assessments. They have been told to fix that.
Certain forces did not reference completing a 'Victim Needs Assessment' specifically in their action plans; these forces have been asked to update their action plans accordingly, and to ensure that this is covered in any future updates or publications.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report
Recommendation 12, risk assessment
There is no nationally accredited stalking risk-assessment tool. Forces are picking from a patchwork.
There is currently no single risk assessment which has been accredited and endorsed for use in the UK for all stalking types.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report
Recommendation 13, Stalking Protection Orders
The NPCC's own report records ongoing judicial reticence to grant SPOs, including refusals where police bail is in place.
Throughout the updates and communications with forces, the NPCC is aware that there are ongoing barriers with the application for SPOs, particularly with reticence from the judiciary. There have been examples when police bail has been used as a reason to refuse applications for SPOs.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report
Recommendation 18, investigations
Some forces admit they are not using arrest powers in stalking cases at the rate that would be expected.
Certain forces have acknowledged that they are not using arrest powers in stalking cases at a rate that is expected. This is demonstrated in their data reviews and they have made firm commitments to address this.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report
Cross-cutting, non-DA stalking
Non-domestic-abuse stalking victims are repeatedly identified as the gap in provision.
There continues to be a disparity between service provisions available to Domestic Abuse and Non-Domestic Abuse victims/perpetrators. Forces have widely acknowledged that the availability of services for non-DA stalking cases needs to be reviewed and increased, however it has been highlighted by some areas that their demand for such services comes primarily from DA cases.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report

Structural context

Recommendation 16, victim support funding
British Transport Police flags a structural gap: no PCC, no joint-service funding.
British Transport Police have noted that they do not have a PCC or equivalent and therefore do not receive any funding for joint services. Despite this, they have engaged with Paladin to maintain some form of provision for victims and are working with local areas to ensure services are provided where needed.
Verbatim from Recommendation 29 report