Police Accountability
This page brings together our crime plan, policing and public safety work, including key decisions and annual updates. Below, you can explore this information by year, including reports, updates and decisions.
Police and Crime Plan
The Mayor has produced a Police and Crime Plan (PDF 6MB), which sets out his blueprint for building a safer South Yorkshire.
The Plan outlines the policing and crime priorities for South Yorkshire and provides the strategic framework for delivering effective policing, crime reduction and support for victims.
Developed with input from the public and partners, the Plan is shaped around five overarching strategic priorities that reflect the issues that matter most to communities and guide a coordinated, partnership‑led approach to keeping South Yorkshire safe.
- Improving trust and confidence in the police and criminal justice system
- Preventing and reducing crime and anti-social behaviour
- Improving safety on all our transport networks
- Breaking the cycle of offending and harm
- Tackling the most serious offences and building resilient communities
Developed following extensive public and partner consultation, with input from local communities, victims, policing professionals and partner organisations, the Plan sets out commitments to put victims at the heart of policing and to make sure that South Yorkshire is a safe place to live, learn and work.
A series of round table discussions, hosted by the Rt Hon Lord David Blunkett brought together statutory and voluntary partners from across South Yorkshire and the wider criminal justice sector. Those discussions helped to shape the priorities and to set the tone for the partnership approach to delivering the Plan over the coming years.
Over 2,100 people responded to the public consultation that took place between December and January, with four out of five people who responded supporting the proposed priorities. The Plan also takes account of national policing priorities and regional crime reduction strategies.
2026
CIPFA independent report into PCC accounting and budgetary issues
National measures update
Responses to reports from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor: The investigation of online child sexual abuse and the management of registered sex offenders (PDF 174KB)
- Response from Kilvinder Vigurs, South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor, to the HMICFRS report on Firearms licensing(PDF 148KB)
- Response from Kilvinder Vigurs, South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor, to the HMICFRS report on State of Policing(PDF 144KB)
- Response from Kilvinder Vigurs, South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor, to the HMICFRS report:An inspection of the Police’s role in safety advisory groups (PDF 147KB)
2025
Police and Crime Plan Performance Report
National measures update
Responses to reports from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor: An inspection of the Yorkshire and Humber regional response to serious and organised crime (PDF 182KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the HMICFRS report - The effectiveness of diverting children from the criminal justice system ( PDF 150KB)
- Response from Deputy Mayor to the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection Report on joint case building by the police and CPS (PDF 120KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the HMICFRS report - An inspection of the police response to the public disorder in July and August 2024 ( PDF 168KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the Joint Inspection report - Multi-agency responses to serious youth violence working together to support and protect children ( PDF 212KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor - How effectively police investigate crime ( PDF 163KB)
- Deputy Mayor Response to HMICFRS Summer 2024 Disorder Tranche 2
- Deputy Mayor Response to HMICFRS report on Organised Immigration Crime
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor to the HMICFRS 2023-25 PEEL inspection of South Yorkshire Police (PDF 140KB)
- Response from Deputy Mayor to HMICFRS’ PEEL report - How effectively do the police record crime ( PDF 81KB)
- Response to the State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2024-25 (168 KB)
- Response from Deputy Mayor to the Inspection of the effectiveness of response to group-based child sexual exploitation (PDF 138KB)
HMICFRS assessment report
2024
Police and Crime Plan Performance Report
Responses to reports from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)
- State of Policing – The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2023 ( PDF, 170KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the HMICFRS report - An inspection into activism and impartiality in policing ( PDF 186KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the HMICFRS report - The policing response to antisocial behaviour ( PDF 218KB)
- Response to the HMICFRS report State of Policing – The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2023 ( PDF 178KB)
- Response from South Yorkshire’s Mayor to the HMICFRS report - An inspection report on progress to introduce a national operating model for serious sexual offences ( PDF 196KB)
Other documents
Former office of the Police and Crime Commissioner accounts and budget issue - September 2024