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Policing research and analysis

This series brings together all documents relating to Policing research and analysis

• From: Home Office
• Published: 11 December 2012
• Last updated: 16 July 2026 — See all updates

Research on policing to support Home Office policy development and operational activity.

Documents

• Most Similar Forces
  • 16 July 2026
  • Research and analysis
• The predictors of police demand: A rapid evidence review
  • 16 July 2026
  • Research and analysis
• Police Activity Survey (second edition)
  • 15 April 2026
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluation of the County Lines Programme
  • 30 December 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Public attitudes to police use of facial recognition technology
  • 4 December 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Police and crime commissioner review public survey 2020
  • 18 December 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Progression of cases submitted to the CPS for charging decisions
  • 10 July 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Police carriage of naloxone: monitoring data
  • 24 September 2025
  • Transparency data
• Police carriage of naloxone: process evaluation
  • 24 September 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Drug-related law enforcement activity and serious violent crime
  • 27 March 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Research into the Section 60 stop and search pilot
  • 19 June 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Evaluating the implementation of Right Care, Right Person
  • 3 December 2024
  • Research and analysis
• Public perceptions of policing: A review of research and literature
  • 28 August 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2023
  • 30 November 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Police perceptions of powers within the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
  • 14 November 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2022
  • 9 February 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2021
  • 31 August 2022
  • Research and analysis
• The scale and drivers of attrition in reported fraud and cyber crime
  • 16 July 2018
  • Research and analysis
• Deaths in police custody: A review of the international evidence
  • 30 October 2017
  • Research and analysis
• Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2
  • 17 March 2016
  • Research and analysis
• Digital forensics specialist group minutes - August 2012
  • 11 December 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Perceptions of the policing and crime mapping ‘Trailblazers’
  • 11 October 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Rolling out the police single non-emergency number (101): research into the public’s and practitioners’ views
  • 11 October 2012
  • Research and analysis
• Exploring public confidence in the police and local councils in tackling crime and anti-social behaviour
  • 18 March 2011
  • Research and analysis
• Criminal records review: terms of reference
  • 22 October 2010
  • Guidance
• Improving public confidence in the police: a review of the evidence
  • 30 December 2009
  • Research and analysis
• An evaluation of the impact of the National Reassurance Policing Programme
  • 26 January 2006
  • Impact assessment
• Understanding the attrition process in volume crime investigations
  • 24 November 2005
  • Research and analysis
• The use of forensic science in volume crime investigations: a review of the research literature
  • 24 November 2005
  • Research and analysis

• Last updated: 16 July 2026
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  1. 16 July 2026

     Added 'Most Similar Forces' and 'The predictors of police demand: A rapid evidence review'.

  2. 15 April 2026

     Updated 'Police Activity Survey' to second edition.

  3. 30 December 2025

     Updated 'Evaluation of the County Lines Programme' to add 'Evaluation of the County Lines Programme (updated) (January 2020 to January 2025)'.

  4. 4 December 2025

     Added 'Public attitudes to police use of facial recognition technology'.

  5. 24 November 2025

     Added 'Police Activity Survey'.

  6. 13 November 2025

     Added 'Police and crime commissioner review public survey 2020'.

  7. 14 August 2025

     Added 'Evaluation of the County Lines Programme'.

  8. 10 July 2025

     Added 'Progression of cases submitted to the CPS for charging decisions'.

  9. 9 May 2025

     Added 'Police carriage of naloxone: monitoring data' and 'Police carriage of naloxone: process evaluation'.

  10. 27 March 2025

      Added 'Drug-related law enforcement activity and serious violent crime'.

  11. 3 December 2024

      Added 'Evaluating the implementation of Right Care, Right Person'.

  12. 30 November 2023

      Added 'Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2023'.

  13. 14 November 2023

      Added 'Police perceptions of powers within the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014'.

  14. 9 February 2023

      Added 'Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2022'.

  15. 31 August 2022

      Added 'Police Uplift Programme New Recruits Onboarding Survey 2021'.

  16. 16 July 2018

      Added 'The scale and drivers of attrition in reported fraud and cyber crime'.

  17. 30 October 2017

      Added 'Deaths in police custody: A review of the international evidence'.

  18. 17 March 2016

      Added 'Do initiatives involving substantial increases in stop and search reduce crime? Assessing the impact of Operation BLUNT 2'.

  19. 11 December 2012

      First published.