A super complaint is a formal complaint by a designated organisation about a pattern of policing causing systemic harm. In September 2024 HMICFRS, the IOPC and the College of Policing published findings on the stalking super complaint. Every force in England and Wales was required to produce an action plan. VNS tracks whether those commitments are being met, and where PEEL grades contradict them.
Last updated 22 August 2026
Individual force action plans are published on each force's own website. National progress is collated by the NPCC and published on GOV.UK. The Force Checker on this site cross-references each force's own published response against its live misconduct data.
August 2025 · National progress
NPCC 6-Month Force Progress Report
The NPCC collated 6-month updates from all 43 forces. Key findings: an 800% increase in uptake of College of Policing stalking training since 2023; forces introducing data dashboards; growing use of multi-agency approaches. The report noted inconsistency: some forces had appointed stalking SPOCs without specialist training, which the NPCC warned could be counterproductive.
PEEL crossover flag
April 2026 · Humberside
Commitment vs grade
Humberside published a recommendation tracker PDF in response to the super-complaint in November 2024. The 2025-27 PEEL report (9 April 2026) finds the force requires improvement for safeguarding children and adults, with gaps in oversight, senior leaders unaware of issues, and incorrect rape crime recording.
High-priority watch, 2025-27 PEEL reports pending
Nottinghamshire: Level One as of 16 July 2026, having been removed from Engage on 22 May 2025 under the previous arrangements. The first 2025-27 PEEL will test whether the improvements have held. The force has also published a detailed, recommendation-by-recommendation super-complaint response, view it on the Force Checker.
Lincolnshire: the only force at Level Three, the highest level assigned to any force, assigned 16 July 2026. It had been in Engage since December 2024 under the previous arrangements. Four causes of concern remain open from the 2023-25 PEEL inspection, and two accelerated causes of concern were added in December 2025 on child criminal and sexual exploitation. Lowest funded force in England and Wales.
Metropolitan Police: Level Two, on a cause of concern about compliance with the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime and a further cause of concern from the August 2025 custody inspection. Removed from Engage in January 2025 under the previous arrangements. The 2023-25 PEEL had no outstanding or good grades, requires improvement in five areas and inadequate in two.
West Midlands: Level One as of 16 July 2026, having been removed from Engage in September 2024. The 2023-25 PEEL was inadequate in three areas including protecting vulnerable people.
Suffolk: Level Two as assigned on 16 July 2026, with HMICFRS stating it is concerned about the force's performance trajectory. The 2025-27 PEEL report was published on 20 August 2026, after that level was set. It grades the force inadequate for safeguarding children and adults at risk of harm and for providing a safe and lawful custody environment, with a cause of concern issued in each. The accelerated cause of concern on Clare's Law disclosures, issued 1 May 2026 with a backlog of over 500 outstanding applications, is carried into that report. The 2023-25 cause of concern on call answering has been closed following improvement.
Gloucestershire: Level Two, with HMICFRS stating it is concerned about the constabulary's performance trajectory. Three causes of concern from child protection and serious organised crime inspections. NCPI found victim-blaming language in 8 of 20 case files. The force has also published a detailed, recommendation-by-recommendation super-complaint response, view it on the Force Checker.
Surrey: Level Two on areas for improvement rather than any cause of concern. 2025-27 PEEL (April 2026) requires improvement in four of eight areas including investigating crime.
This “high-priority watch” list reflects PEEL grades and Policing Performance System levels. Level Two covers a wide range, from live causes of concern through to areas for improvement alone, so the level on its own does not tell you how serious the underlying finding is. The list is not a judgement on whether a force has published a genuine action plan. Several of these forces have published substantial detailed responses.