3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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/ 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.

6. 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.

7. 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/ 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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