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Police misconduct statistics

Statistics on the number of police complaints, conduct matters and recordable conduct matters in 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales.

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From:
Home Office
Published:
1 June 2022
Last updated:
22 January 2026
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  1. Added 'Police misconduct, England and Wales: year ending 31 March 2025' and updated 'User guide to police misconduct statistics'.

  2. Added 'Police misconduct, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2024'. Updated 'Police misconduct open data tables' and 'User guide to police misconduct statistics'.

  3. Added 'Police misconduct, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2023', 'Police misconduct open data tables' and updated 'User guide to police misconduct statistics'.

  4. Added new collection page group 'Guidance' and added 'User Guide to Police Misconduct Statistics' to 'Guidance' group.

  5. Updated landing page summary to 'Statistics on the number of police complaints, conduct matters and recordable conduct matters in 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales.' and landing page body to 'Following the introduction of new legislation in February 2020 to strengthen the police discipline system, the Home Office expanded its data collection on public complaints and conduct matters and established this standalone statistical series. These data have been designated as Experimental Statistics to acknowledge that they should be interpreted with caution and that further development is currently taking place. Previously the Home Office published data on police misconduct cases and criminal investigations involving officers and staff in the January release of the Police workforce, England and Wales publication series.'

  6. Added 'Police misconduct, England and Wales: year ending 31 March 2022'.

  7. First published.

Following the introduction of new legislation in February 2020 to strengthen the police discipline system, the Home Office expanded its data collection on public complaints and conduct matters and established this standalone statistical series.

These data have been designated as Experimental Statistics to acknowledge that they should be interpreted with caution and that further development is currently taking place.

Previously the Home Office published data on police misconduct cases and criminal investigations involving officers and staff in the January release of the Police workforce, England and Wales publication series.

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