Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse
Summary
In September 2013, HMIC was commissioned by the Home Secretary to inspect the police response to domestic violence and abuse. The report, Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse found that, while most forces and police and crime commissioners have said that domestic abuse is a priority for their areas, this isn’t being translated into an operational reality. HMIC is concerned to find that, despite the progress made in this area over the last decade, not all police leaders are ensuring that domestic abuse is a priority in their forces – it is often a poor relation to other policing activity.
Get the reports
National report
Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse
Press release
Press release for Everyone’s business: Improving the police response to domestic abuse
Force reports
Avon and Somerset Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Bedfordshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Cheshire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
City of London Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Cleveland Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Cumbria Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Derbyshire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Devon and Cornwall Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Dorset Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Durham Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Dyfed-Powys Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Essex Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Gloucestershire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Greater Manchester Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Gwent Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Hampshire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Hertfordshire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Humberside Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Kent Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Lancashire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Leicestershire Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Lincolnshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Merseyside Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Metropolitan Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Norfolk Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
North Wales Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
North Yorkshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Northamptonshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Northumbria Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Nottinghamshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
South Wales Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
South Yorkshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Staffordshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Suffolk Constabulary’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Surrey Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Sussex Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Thames Valley Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Warwickshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
West Mercia Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
West Midlands Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
West Yorkshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
Wiltshire Police’s approach to tackling domestic abuse
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Data
Domestic abuse victim survey data (Microsoft Excel)
Domestic abuse victim survey data (Open data spreadsheet)
Independent domestic violence adviser survey data (Microsoft Excel)
Independent domestic violence adviser survey data (Open data spreadsheet)