If you complain about Leicestershire Police and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 6.9% of 203 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 43rd highest of 43 forces and 17.6 points below the national figure of 24.5%.

6.9%

of completed reviews found Leicestershire Police's own complaint outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

IOPC, 2024/25. 14 of 203 reviews.

362

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 1,537 cases, 4,246 employees.

304

searches involved removal of more than outer clothing

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06.

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19.2% of the people searched by Leicestershire Police where ethnicity was recorded were recorded by the officer as Black.

Source: data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06, 13,970 searches with ethnicity recorded. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Leicestershire Police

Complaint cases logged	1,537
Employees	4,246
Cases per 1,000 employees	362 (30th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	170
Review applications to the IOPC	41

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	163	7	4.3%
IOPC, complaint not investigated	31	3	9.7%

Stop and search by Leicestershire Police

Searches recorded	15,064
Period	2023-07 to 2026-06
Months of data	36 of 36
More than outer clothing removed	304

What Leicestershire Police searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	8,409
Offensive weapons	2,275
Article for use in theft	1,331
Stolen goods	919
Anything to threaten or harm anyone	153

Who Leicestershire Police searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	8,507	60.9%
Black	2,676	19.2%
Asian	2,430	17.4%
Other	357	2.6%

Calculated over the 13,970 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 92.7% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Leicestershire Police area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Black	19.2%	3.3%	5.8x
Other	2.6%	2.0%	1.3x
Asian	17.4%	19.5%	0.9x
White	60.9%	72.5%	0.8x

What this ratio is and is not. It compares the share of searches to the share of people resident in this force area at the 2021 Census. It takes no account of who is present in a place rather than living there, which matters most in city centres and transport hubs. A ratio above one means a group is searched more often than its resident share, and that is a pattern requiring explanation, not evidence of discrimination in itself. Groups under 0.5% of the resident population are omitted because the figure becomes unstable. Every force compared.

Recording gaps. Leicestershire Police did not record an outcome for 23.3% of its searches, and did not record officer-defined ethnicity for 7.3% over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Leicestershire Police

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	10,018
2021/22	13,376
2022/23	14,475
2023/24	15,406
2024/25	14,386

Recorded use of force by Leicestershire Police has risen 43.6% since 2020/21. Nationally the total rose 39.4% over the same period, so this force is rising faster than the national trend.

Taser use

Total recorded Taser uses	959
Of which discharged	45
Share actually discharged	4.7%

Most recorded Taser use is drawing, aiming or red-dotting rather than firing. The share actually discharged is the figure worth knowing.

Complaining to Leicestershire Police

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Leicestershire Police official websiteSource: data.police.uk
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Complaining to a force and bringing a claim against it are different processes with different outcomes. Reviews overturn the force's own finding in roughly a quarter of cases nationally, which makes the review stage worth understanding before you use it.

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Leicestershire Police in the news

The five most recent reports mentioning this force, collected automatically. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named. We do not edit, summarise or endorse them, and inclusion here does not imply any finding against anyone.

Wanted appeal issued after serious assault in a Leicester nightclub Leicestershire Police · 28 Aug 2026
Leicester man jailed for sharing violent terrorist videos Counter Terrorism Policing · 28 Aug 2026
'I have seen our officers, staff and volunteers demonstrating exceptional commitment, care and professionalism every single day' Melton Times · 28 Aug 2026
Former Leicestershire Police special officer handed community order after making indecent images of kids Harborough Mail · 27 Aug 2026
£250k seized from activist Majid Freeman, who faces terror charges BBC · 27 Aug 2026

Sources

Independent Office for Police Conduct, police complaints statistics for England and Wales, 2024/25.
data.police.uk stop and search API, 2023-07 to 2026-06. Accessed 2026-08-29.
Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.

Data last refreshed 29 August 2026, covering 2023-07 to 2026-06. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.