Equality Information

Under the Equality Act 2010, public authorities (including Cheshire Constabulary) are required to meet the three aims of the general equality duty, namely to:

  • Eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by or under the Act.
  • Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and people who do not share it.
  • Foster good relations between people who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not share it.

As a police force we need to understand the impact of our policies and practices on people with protected characteristics.

Collecting and analysing equality information is an important way of developing our understanding.

We will be using this page to publish equality information that we have collected. We will update this page every time we have new or updated information available.

In considering what information we publish we have thought about what information people might be interested in together with guidance published by the Government Equalities Office and the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

We will use this information to set new Equality Objectives for Cheshire Constabulary which we will publish by 6 April 2012. We are consulting now and will do so further in the coming months to ensure we have chosen the correct objectives.

Police Officers and Staff

The duty to publish equality related information requires public sector bodies with more than 150 employees to publish information about their staff. The most recent demographic information regarding the staff of Cheshire Constabulary is attached below. We will update this information every time new data is available.

Police Officers and Staff equality information - January 2012 (Excel document)

People strategy 2011 - 16 (PDF)

Service Delivery Data

ACPO Hate Crime Data for 2009 and 2010 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2008-09 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2009-10 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2010-11 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2011-12 quarter 1 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2011-12 quarter 1 exception data (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2011-12 quarter 2 (Excel document)

Diversity Monitoring Review Group Data 2011-12 quarter 2 exception data (Excel document)

Equality Impact Assessment about changes to stop and account / stop and search procedures applicable nationally from early 2011

Whilst this page provides information we are publishing for the first time in this form in response to the new Duty, the rest of this website contains much more information that demonstrates how we work to tackle discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Additional information can be found on our Hate Crime and Community Reporting Centres pages.

Contact us

Should you have any comments or require any more information about anything on this page, please contact:

Diversity Team
Communities Unit
Constabulary Headquarters
Clemonds Hey
Oakmere Road
Winsford
Cheshire
CW7 2UA

Phone: 01606 362003

Email: diversity.advisory.unit@cheshire.pnn.police.uk