Custody and Criminal Justice data

Across Hampshire & Isle of Wight tens of thousands of people come through the criminal justice system each year. This includes people who have been arrested, who are voluntarily attending one of our custody centres, or are coming through a non-custodial route.

It is vitally important that each one of those people is treated fairly with dignity, and respect, supporting an appropriate and proportionate outcome. Our Criminal Justice Command review and monitor data available to us, providing scrutiny to the process.

This includes a thorough review of whether there is any racial disparity in the service provided and outcomes for people of minority ethnicities.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary believe strongly in the openness and transparency; we already publish annual force wide data for both our use of force and stop and search powers, as well as publication of district level quarterly updates on how stop and search is being used in your area.

We are now also committed to publishing on our website annual criminal justice and disparity data, allowing you to see details of how many people we deal with each year, in how many instances we have either taken formal action or no further action, and whether there is any disparity in treatment for people who are not white.

Our Criminal Justice Command team will continue to keep this under constant review. We will continue to share and discuss the data with members of our independent force advisory group (IAG), a group of people from our communities who provide independent scrutiny on the work we do, providing feedback and holding us to account where needed.