Core Business Data: UK Police Crime Prevention and Time Use

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary collected this data to support its 2014 report "Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time". The dataset likely contains operational metrics related to police activities and resource allocation. It was published in September 2014 and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze police resource allocation based on the inspection into the use of police time mentioned in the description
• Model crime prevention effectiveness based on operational data collected for the HMIC report
• Benchmark police attendance metrics across different UK forces based on the report's focus areas

Strengths

• Data originates from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, an authoritative UK government body.
• The dataset is associated with a specific, publicly available inspection report published in September 2014.
• It is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0, permitting open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to its 2014 collection period.

Provenance

Source

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

Collection Method

Collected to support an official inspection report.

Time Range

Data relates to a report published in September 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:46.822943; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom