Research Report: Police misconduct, England and Wales year ending 31 March 2022

This release contains information on the number of ‘police complaints’, ‘conduct matters’ and ‘recordable conduct matters’ finalised by the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales in the year ending 31 March 2022. It includes:

• the number of cases and allegations, broken down by breach types
• the number of subjects who have an allegation against them and their protected characteristics
• whether there was a case to answer for each allegation
• the action taken for each allegation, including whether it was referred to misconduct proceedings and the type of proceedings
• the outcome at such proceedings including the level of misconduct found and any disciplinary actions imposed
• timeliness to finalise cases
• cases which lead to criminal proceedings

Police complaints, conduct matters, and recordable conduct matters are each presented in their own chapter, and data are provided for both police officers (including special constables) and staff.