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IOPC data shows record number of police complaints in 2025/26

A total of 108,897 complaints were logged by the 43 police forces between April 2025 and March 2026. It represents a 15 per cent increase on the number recorded in 2024-25 and is the most on record ...
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IOPC investigating officer’s use of AI in criminal investigations

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating allegations a detective used artificial intelligence (AI) inappropriately during criminal investigations.
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Officers at risk of ‘accidental’ AI misconduct, IOPC warns

Officers at risk of ‘accidental’ AI misconduct, IOPC warns The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has urged police chiefs to review their AI policies to prevent officers and staff ...
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Business Plan - 2026/27

Our 2026/27 Business Plan builds on the hard work and dedication of our staff and our Transformation programme, which successfully delivered major changes to the way we worked in 2025/26.
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Our performance

We regularly monitor our performance to ensure we are achieving our aims as outlined in our strategy: We measure a range of different performance indicators such as: awareness of the IOPC time taken ...
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Table 1: Number of complaint cases logged in 2025/26

*The figures for City of London include complaint cases logged in relation to ‘Action Fraud’. Action Fraud is the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. The service is run by the ...
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Table 7: Number of allegations logged - what has been complained about and subcategories in 2025/26

Abuse of position/ corruption Abuse of position for financial purpose 72 0 Abuse of position for sexual purpose 87 0 Abuse of position for the purpose of pursuing an inappropriate emotional ...
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Table 21: Time taken to finalise complaint cases in 2025/26

*The number of complaint cases presented in this table are only those with valid dates that are used in the calculation for the average number of days to finalise complaint cases. Therefore they may ...
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Table 3: Time taken to log complaints and contact complainants in 2025/26 (customer perspective)

Table 2: Number of complaint cases logged per 1,000 employees in 2025/26 Table 4: Reasons complaint cases recorded under Schedule 3 in 2025/26 Back to previous section Police complaints statistics for ...
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Table 10: Age of complainants in 2025/26

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 ...
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Table 22: Actions on complaint cases handled outside of Schedule 3 in 2025/26

Table 21: Time taken to finalise complaint cases in 2025/26 Table 23: Actions on complaint cases handled under Schedule 3 in 2025/26 Back to previous section Police complaints statistics for England ...
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Table 12: Ethnicity of those subject to a complaint in 2025/26

Subjects are only counted once in this table, regardless of how many complaints they have been subject to in the year. Subjects' demographic data is not recorded on outside Schedule 3 complaints for ...