Research and statistics

Deaths during or following police contact

The IPCC is responsible for producing annual statistics on deaths during or following police contact:

• Annual death reports

The IPCC has also produced a one off study examining deaths in or following police custody over a 10-year period from 1998/99 to 2008/09

• Deaths in police custody study - December 2010

Police complaints statistics

• Latest police complaints statistics for individual police forces in England and Wales

• Archived police complaints statistics for individual police forces in England and Wales

• Annual police complaints statistics for England and Wales

Research

The IPCC research programme supports the long-term aims of the organisation and assists in making its work evidence-informed. Current research studies being undertaken by the IPCC research team include the following:

• The abuse of police powers to perpetrate sexual violence (September 2012)

  After conducting separate reviews the IPCC and ACPO have jointly produced this report about police officers and staff who abuse their powers to sexually exploit or abuse people. The report includes case study examples and identifies key themes and issues. The report is a first step in understanding the scale and nature of the problem and the way forward. More work and resources are needed to build on this foundation, learning from experience and the recommendations and insights in this report.  Both ACPO and the IPCC are committed to doing so.

• Police corruption

• Public Annoyance and Complaining about the Police: findings from the 2006/07 British Crime Survey

• Public Confidence in the Complaints System

• Road Traffic Incidents (Police related)

• Mental Health and Police Custody - Police cells as places of safety - September 2008

• Near Miss Research

Research notes and other studies

• Appeals against the handling of a complaint

• Investigations research paper - 2010

• Direct complaints report - November 2010

• Local Resolution of Complaints

• The research findings can be found in more detail in the two reports (and their respective ‘Findings’ summaries) below:

• Informal to Local Resolution: Assessing Changes to the Handling of Low-Level Police Complaints

• Key Findings

• Local Resolution: The Views of Police Officers and Complainants

• Key Findings

• Deaths During or Following Police Contact

If you have any questions or comments regarding the above reports, please contact the Research Team - research@ipcc.gsi.gov.uk.

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