Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)

Table 17: Nature of allegations finalised outside of Schedule 3 in 2024/25

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Allegation category	Allegation subcategory	N	% of total allegations finalised outside Schedule 3
Delivery of duties and service	Police action following contact	20,037	28
	Decisions	5,981	8
	General level of service	15,057	21
	Information	4,609	6
	No subcategory recorded	1	0
	Error in subcategories	4	0

Police powers, policies and procedures	Stops, and stop and search	850	1
	Searches of premises and seizure of property	2,109	3
	Power to arrest and detain	1,872	3
	Detention in police custody	847	1
	Bail, identification and interview procedures	678	1
	Use of force	1,591	2
	Evidential procedures	701	1
	Out of court disposals	282	0
	Other policies and procedures	1,565	2
	No subcategory recorded	1	0
	Error in subcategories	3	0

Handling of or damage to property / premises	Handling of or damage to property/ premises	3,284	5
	No subcategory recorded	134	0
	Error in subcategories	8	0

Access and/or disclosure of information	Use of police systems	70
	Disclosure of information	729	1
	Handling of information	254	0
	Accessing and handling of information from other sources	46	0
	Error in subcategories	1	0

Use of police vehicles	Use of police vehicles	1,160	2
	No subcategory recorded	52	0
	Error in subcategories*	63	0

Discriminatory behaviour	Age	14	0
	Disability	131	0
	Gender reassignment	10	0
	Marriage and civil partnership	1	0
	Pregnancy and maternity	1	0
	Race	302	0
	Religion or belief	16	0
	Sex	89	0
	Sexual orientation	26	0
	Other	96	0

Abuse of position / corruption	Abuse of position for financial purpose	13	0
	Abuse of position for sexual purpose	4	0
	Abuse of position for the purpose of pursuing an inappropriate emotional relationship	2	0
	Abuse of position for other purpose	77	0
	Obstruction of justice	30	0
	Organisational corruption	33	0

Individual behaviours	Unprofessional attitude and disrespect	2,476	3
	Lack of fairness and impartiality	705	1
	Overbearing or harassing behaviours	1,067	1
	Impolite language / tone	2,645	4
	Impolite and intolerant actions	1,341	2

Sexual conduct	Sexual assault	17	0
	Sexual harassment	1	0
	Other sexual conduct	14	0

Discreditable conduct	Discreditable conduct	144	0
Discreditable conduct	No subcategory recorded	3	0

Other	Other	732	1

Total allegations		71,979	100

*The erroneous categorisation in 'Use of police vehicles' is a typographical error only and can be conisdered valid to the category.

Table 16: Allegations finalised by investigation under Schedule 3 in 2024/25

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Police force	Investigated (not subject to special procedures)		Investigated (subject to special procedures)
Police force	N	%	N	%
Avon & Somerset	544	95	30	5
Bedfordshire	122	86	20	14
British Transport	27	52	25	48
Cambridgeshire	137	88	18	12
Cheshire	95	86	15	14
City of London (with Action Fraud)	32	91	3	9
Cleveland	73	82	16	18
Cumbria	69	81	16	19
Derbyshire	304	95	16	5
Devon & Cornwall	56	53	50	47
Dorset	147	97	5	3
Durham	59	84	11	16
Dyfed-Powys	36	95	2	5
Essex	1,054	97	30	3
Gloucestershire	52	61	33	39
Greater Manchester	552	80	137	20
Gwent	174	76	56	24
Hampshire	82	91	8	9
Hertfordshire	267	95	14	5
Humberside	114	83	23	17
Kent	674	94	42	6
Lancashire	672	93	47	7
Leicestershire	236	90	25	10
Lincolnshire	109	89	14	11
Merseyside	162	82	36	18
Metropolitan	3,178	79	855	21
Norfolk	96	91	9	9
North Wales	150	95	8	5
North Yorkshire	297	92	25	8
Northamptonshire	216	71	87	29
Northumbria	1,442	99	21	1
Nottinghamshire	344	89	42	11
South Wales	570	93	42	7
South Yorkshire	81	72	32	28
Staffordshire	98	80	25	20
Suffolk	157	98	4	2
Surrey	192	81	46	19
Sussex	37	61	24	39
Thames Valley	2,400	98	61	2
Warwickshire	166	88	23	12
West Mercia	17	100	0	0
West Midlands	324	92	28	8
West Yorkshire	211	87	31	13
Wiltshire	176	92	16	8
Total	16,001	89	2,071	11

Table 15: Time taken to finalise allegations in 2024/25

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Police force	Average number of days to finalise allegations outside of Schedule 3	Average number of days to finalise allegations - not investigated under Schedule 3	Average number of days to finalise allegations - by local investigation under Schedule 3
Avon & Somerset	14	84	188
Bedfordshire	50	83	196
British Transport	9	24	317
Cambridgeshire	30	66	160
Cheshire	21	63	202
City of London (with Action Fraud)	111	89	147
Cleveland	15	124	365
Cumbria	19	97	179
Derbyshire	14	73	137
Devon & Cornwall	134	170	253
Dorset	44	88	169
Durham	9	240	351
Dyfed-Powys	13	100	229
Essex	18	89	150
Gloucestershire	82	230	248
Greater Manchester	7	92	277
Gwent	54	180	249
Hampshire	14	87	212
Hertfordshire	7	82	178
Humberside	7	67	104
Kent	19	75	197
Lancashire	4	308	315
Leicestershire	9	48	158
Lincolnshire	9	60	137
Merseyside	28	132	195
Metropolitan	9	146	248
Norfolk	35	145	368
North Wales	10	61	207
North Yorkshire	124	182	187
Northamptonshire	8	145	179
Northumbria	36	137	183
Nottinghamshire	29	92	219
South Wales	11	103	236
South Yorkshire	31	80	265
Staffordshire	13	103	255
Suffolk	46	118	233
Surrey	15	130	303
Sussex	26	57	127
Thames Valley	5	191	206
Warwickshire	32	49	144
West Mercia	21	162	289
West Midlands	27	89	322
West Yorkshire	6	74	140
Wiltshire	51	121	376
Total	20	109	220

Only allegations with valid dates are used in the calculation for the average number of days to finalise allegations.

Table 14: Means by which allegations were finalised in 2024/25

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Police force	Outside of Schedule 3		Under Schedule 3 - not investigated		Under Schedule 3 - investigated		Total recorded
Police force	N	%	N	%	N	%
Avon & Somerset	1,998	36	2,994	54	574	10	5,566
Bedfordshire	1,209	64	532	28	142	8	1,883
British Transport	575	56	409	39	52	5	1,036
Cambridgeshire	1,064	55	712	37	155	8	1,931
Cheshire	715	26	1,905	70	110	4	2,730
City of London (with Action Fraud)	474	81	76	13	35	6	585
Cleveland	2,216	70	846	27	89	3	3,151
Cumbria	1,373	68	551	27	85	4	2,009
Derbyshire	1,172	27	2,925	66	320	7	4,417
Devon & Cornwall	428	24	1,284	71	106	6	1,818
Dorset	741	37	1,087	55	152	8	1,980
Durham	1,223	60	752	37	70	3	2,045
Dyfed-Powys	502	46	552	51	38	3	1,092
Essex	1,535	29	2,737	51	1,084	20	5,356
Gloucestershire	916	44	1,097	52	85	4	2,098
Greater Manchester	7,093	44	8,178	51	689	4	15,960
Gwent	627	50	389	31	230	18	1,246
Hampshire	3,932	83	729	15	90	2	4,751
Hertfordshire	1,487	54	981	36	281	10	2,749
Humberside	1,649	60	981	35	137	5	2,767
Kent	2,010	34	3,250	54	716	12	5,976
Lancashire	1,471	38	1,699	44	719	18	3,889
Leicestershire	520	17	2,325	75	261	8	3,106
Lincolnshire	334	15	1,711	79	123	6	2,168
Merseyside	2,131	75	514	18	198	7	2,843
Metropolitan	8,548	35	11,758	48	4,033	17	24,339
Norfolk	151	16	703	73	105	11	959
North Wales	349	33	558	52	158	15	1,065
North Yorkshire	706	45	558	35	322	20	1,586
Northamptonshire	1,051	49	780	37	303	14	2,134
Northumbria	2,746	62	255	6	1,463	33	4,464
Nottinghamshire	1,661	52	1,149	36	386	12	3,196
South Wales	744	14	4,089	75	612	11	5,445
South Yorkshire	1,101	41	1,447	54	113	4	2,661
Staffordshire	1,501	47	1,562	49	123	4	3,186
Suffolk	135	14	665	69	161	17	961
Surrey	2,139	49	1,991	46	238	5	4,368
Sussex	1,528	36	2,648	62	61	1	4,237
Thames Valley	2,353	45	435	8	2,461	47	5,249
Warwickshire	801	75	77	7	189	18	1,067
West Mercia	1,862	78	516	22	17	1	2,395
West Midlands	3,694	60	2,152	35	352	6	6,198
West Yorkshire	2,394	53	1,909	42	242	5	4,545
Wiltshire	1,120	54	769	37	192	9	2,081
Total	71,979	44	73,237	45	18,072	11	163,288

Table 13: Rank of those subject to a complaint in 2024/25

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Rank	N	%
Police officer ranks	52,173	85
Police staff	5,227	8
Community support officers	900	1
Contracted staff	540	1
Special constables	489	1
Unknown	2,268	4
Total	61,597	100

The total number of subjects will not match the figures in tables 11 and 12. This is because people subject to more than one complaint in the year may have held different ranks at the time each allegation was logged. In such cases they will be counted more than once (for each rank).

Table 12: Ethnicity of those subject to a complaint in 2024/25

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Ethnicity	N	%
White	49,379	81
Black	868	1
Asian	2,191	4
Mixed	878	1
Other	111	0
Prefer not to say	551	1
Not stated	3,401	6
Unknown	3,685	6
Total	61,064	100

Subjects are only counted once in these tables, regardless of how many complaints they have been subject to in the year.

Subjects' demographic data is not recorded on Northumbria Police outside Schedule 3 complaints.

Table 11: Gender of those subject to a complaint in 2024/25

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Gender	N	%
Female	20,750	34
Male	36,591	60
Other	13	0
Prefer not to say	31	0
Unknown	3,679	6
Total	61,064	100

Subjects are only counted once in these tables, regardless of how many complaints they have been subject to in the year.

Subjects' demographic data is not recorded on Northumbria Police outside Schedule 3 complaints.

Table 10: Age of complainants in 2024/25

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Age group	N	%
17 or under	1,732	2
18-29	12,915	15
30-39	20,063	23
40-49	17,747	20
50-59	13,799	16
60+	9,566	11
Unknown	11,496	13
Total	87,318	100

Complainants are only counted once in this table regardless of how many complaints they have made throughout the year.

Complainant's age data for allegations handled outside of Schedule 3 by Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire is not available in 2024/25.

Table 9: Ethnicity of complainants in 2024/25

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Ethnicity	N	%
White	49,979	57
Black	3,951	5
Asian	5,479	6
Mixed	1,962	2
Other	827	1
Prefer not to say	7,533	9
Not stated	16,030	18
Unknown	1,557	2
Total	87,318	100

Complainants are only counted once in this table regardless of how many complaints they have made throughout the year.

Table 8: Gender of complainants in 2024/25

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Gender	N	%
Female	35,907	41
Male	42,717	49
Other	255	0
Prefer not to say	2,204	3
Unknown	6,235	7
Total	87,318	100

Complainants are only counted once in this table regardless of how many complaints they have made throughout the year.

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