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Between 2015 and 2022, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) exposed harrowing failures across public institutions to protect children from organised and group-based child sexual exploitation. Its findings...

Youth out-of-court disposals (OoCDs) are alternatives to formal prosecution for children and are designed to divert them away from the criminal justice system by addressing their behaviour early and offering...

This is His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s report to the Secretary of State, under section 54(4) of the Police Act 1996. It contains his independent assessment, as His Majesty’s...

As part of of HMICFRS’s police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspections, they assess how well police forces record reports of crime. When they inspect forces’ crime-recording practices, they make...

This report sets out the findings of HMICFRS’s 2025 inspection of child protection services in Northamptonshire Police. In February 2024, HMICFRS introduced a new child protection rolling inspection programme. For...

His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services carried out a joint thematic inspection of the building of prosecution cases by...

In January 2024, the then Home Secretary commissioned HMICFRS to inspect how effectively the police and National Crime Agency tackle organised immigration crime (OIC) in England and Wales. During their...

The effective investigation of crime is fundamental to the legitimacy of policing and to public confidence. It also influences how safe people feel and it prevents future offending. There has been...

On Monday 29 July 2024, three young girls, Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, were killed in a knife attack in Southport. Following these tragic events,...

This report sets out findings from six joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) carried out between September 2023 and May 2024.  JTAIs are carried out by Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services, the Care Quality Commission, and HM...