Police forces' performance 2006-7

The Home Office has released annual assessments of police forces' performance in England and Wales.

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The Home Office assessed forces on seven different categories: tackling crime; resources and efficiency; serious crime and public protection; protecting vulnerable people; satisfaction and fairness; implementation of neighbourhood policing; local priorities.

Ministers argue that it is "erroneous" to compile a national league table from the statistics, which compare similar forces rather than all forces as a national group.

But the following points system - three points for an "excellent" rating, two for "good", one for "fair" and minus-one for "poor" - would allow a maximum score of 21 and form the unofficial league table below:

POLICE FORCE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS 2006/7

Police force	Points	Ranking
Lancashire	18	1
Surrey	18	1
Cumbria	16	3
Northumbria	16	3
Dyfed Powys	15	5
Hampshire	15	5
Hertfordshire	15	5
Leicestershire	15	5
Suffolk	15	5
West Mercia	15	5
Norfolk	14	11
South Yorkshire	14	11
West Yorkshire	14	11
Metropolitan	13	14
North Yorkshire	13	14
Staffordshire	13	14
West Midlands	13	14
City of London	12	18
Dorset	12	18
Merseyside	12	18
North Wales	12	18
Sussex	12	18
Essex	11	23
Gloucestershire	11	23
Kent	11	23
Avon and Somerset	10	26
Cambridgeshire	10	26
Cheshire	10	26
Cleveland	10	26
Durham	10	26
Nottinghamshire	10	26
Warwickshire	10	26
Devon and Cornwall	9	33
Derbyshire	8	34
Gwent	8	34
South Wales	8	34
Wiltshire	8	34
Greater Manchester	7	38
Humberside	7	38
Lincolnshire	7	38
Northamptonshire	7	38
Thames Valley	7	38
Bedfordshire	1	43
Source: Based on Home Office figures