Police in England, Wales and ni too obarse to investigate the crimes correctly – Report | Police

The overload police have the resources, time and experience to correctly investigate the crimes, leading to fail the victims and an erosion in trust in the police, has discovered an official relationship.

The report of the Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services of His Majesty (HMICFRS) states that the rate of positive results – when the police identify a suspicion and face justice – crashed from 25% in England And Wales a decade ago at 11% in 2024.

Positive results can mean a debit, call to appear in court, resolution of the community or postponement to a diversion scheme. There is a huge variation, with the best forces in England and Wales that obtain positive results in 20% of the accusations they record, the worst 7%. In Northern IrelandInvestments in investigative skills led to a rate greater than 30%.

In too many cases the police are “overwhelmed” when it comes to more frequent crimes such as aggression, theft with burglary, theft of cars and hearing, the so -called “volume crimes”, said the inspectorate.

The report notes that the police could do better with what it has achieved and the inspectorate repeats a constant criticism: that the forces too often do not know the level of volume crime that should prepare to face.

Lee Freeman of Hmicfrs said that no team spoken during the inspection had sufficient resources: “We were unable to find an investigative team that were not fighting with the requests they face”.

He added: “There are many more strength to improve the experience of the victims”.

Since 2015, workloads have increased by 32%, the number of police and staff agents is down and the number of crimes recorded by the police for a thousand population has increased by 44%. Police Investigators are left “embarrassed” for the service they provide. Some said that while trying to hunt the criminals, they are pulled to face new emergency calls.

The relationship is another vision of chaos in the heart of the criminal justice system. The victims who were raged by delays in bringing cases to the backup courts bring out and police files sent to the judicial service that are necessary to make charging decisions are too often poor, he says.

The report affirms the tension: “The interviewees told us that the officers and the staff often could not investigate the crime and that they wanted because their workloads were too high, they were under pressure and they had not enough time … we concluded that to investigate more effectively, the forces need more official and personal”.

The report adds: “The interviewees said that in some days they have no possibility of progressing in progress as they have to do with new cases. Some investigators have only two days in 10 when they can progress existing cases and investigations. An investigator said:” The victims require updates and we cannot say it.

Since 2010, the conservative government has cut the police numbers, then after 2018 he increased them, leading to an increase in inexperienced officers and staff. The report says: “The interviewees have often told us that the inexperience of investigators and supervisors has contributed to delays because they did not know how to progress investigations. For example, we discovered that the response agents were investigating the crimes that were beyond their ability and training, as a complex fraud”.

Katie Kempen, who leads support to the charity victim, said: “These figures clarify abundantly that the victims of the crime are not obtaining the justice they deserve. If the public continues to report the crimes without ever seeing this door to a charge or condemnation, they will lose confidence in the criminal justice system.

“This comes just when the government has reduced the funding for the services that support the victims of the crime. These figures reflect a criminal justice system in crisis – the victims cannot be left to go alone.”