Statutory Information
Specified Information Order
National Crime and Policing Measures
The National Priorities for Policing were introduced in 2021 and are aligned to the Government’s Beating Crime Plan. The aim of the national measures is to complement existing local priorities set out in our Thames Valley Police and Criminal Justice Plan 2021-25. The Police and Crime Commissioner has included all national priorities in his current Police and Criminal Justice Plan.
The key national policing priorities are:
- Reduce murder and other homicide
- Reduce serious violence
- Disrupt drugs supply and county lines
- Reduce neighbourhood crime
- Improve victim satisfaction with a focus on victims of domestic abuse
- Tackle cyber crime
The PCC has to provide a statement on the contribution of Thames Valley Police in achieving improvements against these priorities. Some external benchmarking data used to inform the statement is currently unavailable and the PCC will seek to publish a more detailed statement when possible.
The PCC’s Police and Criminal Justice Plan 2021–2024 was completed on 31 March 2024. Following the PCC election held on 2 May 2024, a new Police and Crime Plan for 2024–2029 was recently published. We are currently in the process of aligning Thames Valley Police performance with National Policing Measures, which will be published later this year. The latest force performance update was presented at my Performance and Accountability Meeting (PAM) on 6 September 2024 and is available here. (link to attached doc).
Data Hub
In addition to the performance data presented at PAM, a Data Hub has been created to make it easy for you to access important statistics related to crime and policing. Click here Data Hub – Thames Valley PCC (thamesvalley-pcc.gov.uk) to find information about the number of recorded crimes in the Thames Valley, including burglary and shoplifting. This information will be further updated during the year.
Digital Crime and Performance Pack
His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) developed the Digital Crime and Performance Pack (DCPP).
The DCPP brings together already published data about police performance to improve transparency and accountability. The DCPP shows the performance of all 43 police forces in England and Wales against the priority measures outlined in the Government’s Beating Crime Plan.
This initial launch covers homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime. The DCPP will be updated with the latest published data every quarter.
HMICFRS has published dashboards for homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime. To view Thames Valley’s performance in these areas please follow this link.
HMICFRS reporting
PCCs are required to publish the most recent HMICFRS force-level report on the effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy of the police force (also known as PEEL reports). It also requires PCCs to publish the summary assessment of the performance of the police force.
In 2023-25, HMICFRS inspected how well Thames Valley Police performed in ten areas of policing. Most of these areas were then graded as outstanding, good, adequate, requires improvement or inadequate.
Read the latest assessment of Thames Valley Police (published 6 December 2023).
Complaints handling
PCCs must publish the most recent Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) quarterly complaints data for their force and the IOPC annual statistics report, alongside a narrative setting out how the PCC is holding the chief officer to account, and the PCC’s assessment of their own performance in carrying out their other complaints handling functions.
These can be found below: