Corporate report

British Transport Police: an inspection of the service provided to the victims of crime

Report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

• From: Department for Transport, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and British Transport Police Authority
• Published: 20 May 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

An inspection of the service provided to victims of crime by British Transport Police

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Details

This report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) assesses the quality of the service provided to victims of crime by the British Transport Police (BTP).

The investigation reviewed the service provided by the BTP for each of the 6 components of the victim service assessment:

• call handling
• deployment of resources
• crime recording
• screening and allocation
• investigation
• outcomes

HMICFRS has worked collaboratively with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland to produce a single report that covers BTP’s whole jurisdiction across England, Wales and Scotland.

Published 20 May 2022