Police Officer Establishment Group Number Percent All Individuals 3,598 100% Male 2573 72% Female 1,025 28% White 3445 96% BRM 122 3% Disabled 6 0% LGB 78 2% Religious Affiliation 1,778 49% Transgender 2 Just over a quarter of Merseyside police officers are women and three per cent are of a BRM background. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Police Staff Establishment Group Number Percent All Individuals 2,188 100% Male 851 39% Female 1,337 61% White 2139 98% BRM 37 2% Disabled 45 LGB 3 1% Religious Affiliation 952 44% Transgender 0% Nearly two thirds of police staff are women and 2% are of a BRM background. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Police Officer Leavers Number Percent 216 100% 178 82% 38 18% 207 96% 9 4% 1 1% 5 2% 167 77% 0% BRM Disabled LGB Religious Affiliation Transgender Group All Individuals Male Female White During 2015/16 216 police officers left the organisation. Just under a fifth were women, making them under-represented. Two per cent of police leavers were of a BRM background, which is less than their proportion in the establishment. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Police Officer Leavers: Reasons Male Female White BME (BRM) 1 5 11 12 24 9 31 2 111 23 129 8 19 21 178 38 207 Transferred to other HO Force Voluntary Resignation Total Reason Death Dismissal Medical Retirement Normal Retirement Transfer to Non HO Force 4 The majority of male and white police officers leaving the organisation retired under normal circumstances. For female officers there was a slightly higher proportion medical retirements. There were too few BRM officers leaving to draw inference from the data. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Staff Leavers Number Percent 192 100% 80 46% 112 54% 188 98% 4 2% 3 1% 73 38% 0% Religious Affiliation Transgender Male Female White BRM Disabled LGB Group All Individuals During 2015/16 192 police staff left the organisation. Just over half were women, making them slightly under-represented. Two per cent of police leavers were of a BRM background, in line with their representation in the establishment. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Staff Leavers: Reasons Male Female White BME 1 2 3 4 7 18 24 42 36 52 47 98 80 112 188 End of Contract Medical Retirement Normal Retirement Redundancy Voluntary Resignation Total Reason Death Dismissal The single most common reason for all four highlighted groups of police staff leaving the organisation was voluntarily resignation. Female staff were over -represented in the category of Redundancy (includes Voluntary Redundancy). NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Flexible Working Agreements Group Number Percent All Individuals 910 100% Male 210 23% Female 874 77% White 97% BRM 20 2% Disabled 8 1% LGB 7 Religious Affiliation 433 48% Transgender 0% The majority of employees with a flexible working arrangement are women. Often, the reason provided for wanting a flexible working arrangement is to help with childcare. Research shows that women still take the lead in childcare roles at home. However the proportion of males on flexible working is rising year on year. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Maternity Leave Group Number Percent All Individuals 206 100% White 195 97% BRM 10 5% Disabled 0% LGB 2 1% Religious Affiliation 91 44% Transgender During 2015/16 there were 206 instances of maternity leave. The proportion of BRM individuals and those with a religious affiliation were broadly representative of the whole establishment. NB: Data is entered voluntarily by employees. While the response rate for gender and ethnicity characteristics is very high, the response rate for other characteristics is variable.

Hate Crime Racial 1796 1886 -90 Disability 188 168 20 Homophobic 323 Apr 15-Mar 16 Apr 14-Mar 15 Difference Racial 1796 1886 -90 Disability 188 168 20 Homophobic 323 320 3 Religious 71 99 -28 Transphobic 45 25 Total Hate Crime * 2423 2498 75 3% % Difference -5% 12% 1% -28% 80% During 2015/16, hate crime has experienced a decrease compared to the previous year in 2 out of 5 categories. The highest increase has been in Transphobic-related hate crime, albeit from a low volume starting point. Racial hate crimes account for 71% of all hate crime, the majority of hate crimes are low level public order offences * The sum of the five groups may not equal the total shown, as some victims may be counted in more than one protected group.

Hate Crime Outcomes* Hate Crime - Crime Outcomes 553 712 -159 Apr 15-Mar 16 Apr 14-Mar 15 Difference Hate Crime - Crime Outcomes 553 712 -159 Hate Crimes 2423 2311 112 Hate Crime - Crime Outcome Rate 22.8% 30.8% -8% During 2015/16, the proportion of hate crimes with an outcome reduced compared to the previous year. * A crime outcome is achieved for a crime if an offender has been: charged, summonsed to court, given a caution, a formal warning, a fixed penalty notice, a warning for cannabis possession, a community resolution, or had an offence taken into consideration.

Satisfaction of Victims of Hate Crime Apr15 - Mar 16 Apr14 - Mar 15 Difference Satisfaction 87.8% 0% Respondents 296 197 99 The satisfaction rate for victims of Hate Crime has remained the same. The increase in the number of respondents is due to a change in the survey recording from Hate Crime that was racially motivated to all Hate Crime categories.

Satisfaction of Female Victims of Violent Crime* Apr15 - Mar 16 Apr14 - Mar 15 Difference Satisfaction 85.8% 85.1% 1% Respondents 549 335 214 There has been no change in the proportion of surveyed female victims of violent crime who were fairly, very or completely satisfied with the overall service they received from the police. However, the relatively low number of respondents means that the findings are not necessarily representative of all female victims of violent crime. * Violent crime includes victims of wounding, assault and personal robbery offences.

Stop-Search Disproportionality White Individuals Apr15 - Mar 16 Apr14 - Mar 15 Difference Stop Searches 6794 19969 -13175 Rate (per 1000 residents *) 5.2 15.6 -10.4 BRM Individuals 337 1046 -709 4.4 15.0 -10.6 During 2015/16, BRM individuals were stopped and searched slightly less often than White individuals, as a proportion of resident population. This was also the case during the previous twelve months. * Populations are derived from ONS 2011 Census data.

Arrest Disproportionality White Individuals Apr15 - Mar 16 Apr14 - Mar 15 Difference Arrests 44178 35363 8815 Rate (per 1000 residents *) 33.8 27.6 6.2 BRM Individuals 2983 2718 265 39.3 39.0 0.3 During 2015/16, BRM individuals were arrested more often than white individuals, as a proportion of resident population. This was also the case during the previous year, arrest volumes for both groups have increased. * Populations are derived from ONS 2011 Census data

Custody Disproportionality White BRM Custody Outcomes* 40541 2733 23515 1459 Rate (per arrests) 0.67 0.62 0.66 0.58 Bailed from Custody 11288 908 16993 1263 0.19 0.20 0.48 0.50 No Further Action Taken 14533 1366 14204 1083 0.24 0.30 0.40 0.43 Apr15 - Mar 16 Apr14 - Mar 15 During 2015/16, the ratio of custody outcomes per arrest was higher for white detainees than for BRM detainees. By contrast the ratio of bail outcomes to arrests, was higher for BRM detainees and the number of Bailed from Custody has reduced. The ratio of ‘no further action’ decisions to arrests was higher for BRM detainees. * Custody outcomes include: charges, summonses, postal charges and requisitions, cautions, cannabis warnings, fixed penalty notices, offences taken into consideration, and community resolutions.

Complaints Charge TY LY White BRM Complaint Cases** 309 11 418 41 Rate (per 1000 residents*) 0.24 0.16 0.33 0.59 Apr 15-Mar 16 Apr 14-Mar 15 During 2015/16, the rate of complaints received from white individuals was higher than for BRM individuals. Both the volume and rate for both groups was lower compared to the previous year. Populations are derived from ONS mid-2009 estimates. These are experimental and should be treated with caution ** Complainant Ethnicity recorded