Responding to the info, a Residence Workplace supply stated ministers anticipated a “zero tolerance” method to all crimes by police, with forces having agreed in September to observe up “each line of enquiry for all crimes – with out exception”.
The supply stated: “Since March, there have been record-ever numbers of police and over half a billion kilos additional invested. These additional sources should ship a big enhance within the variety of crimes solved.”
The figures have emerged from Telegraph evaluation of the outcomes of inspections of all 43 forces in 2021/22 throughout eight standards.
Forces are ranked on metrics together with taking care of their workforce, offering worth for cash and treating the public with respect, however when judged on investigating crime alone the scores fall.
They scored worse on these metrics than different standards akin to preventing crime, treating the general public with equity and respect, and worth for cash.
Not a single drive was rated as “excellent” in both investigating crime or responding to the general public. Excellent is the highest of 5 ranges of efficiency, which then undergo good, enough, requiring enchancment and insufficient.
Three forces had been ranked insufficient for investigating crime, with 19 judged as “requiring enchancment”. Eight had been assessed as “insufficient” in responding to the general public, and an extra 17 discovered to be “requiring enchancment”.
The Telegraph evaluation was based mostly on inspections from 2021/22, masking all 43 forces over the identical interval to permit a good comparability. The efficiency of 5 forces – the Metropolitan Police, West Midlands, Devon and Cornwall, Staffordshire and Wiltshire – is of such concern that they’re at the moment in special measures.