Force Summary – Northumbria Police
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Research Department PFEW Pay and Morale survey 2015 Force Summary – Northumbria Police INTRODUCTION This note provides a summary of responses to the PFEW Pay and Morale Survey received from officers from Northumbria Police in 2015. Where appropriate, details of average responses for the police service as a whole are also presented, as well as a ranking of Northumbria Police compared to other forces. Where rankings are provided, a ranking of 1 represents the force with the highest percentage of officers expressing a particular attitude or intention, and a ranking of 43 represents the force with the lowest percentage of officers expressing a particular attitude or intention 1. Please be aware that the actual differences between individual rank positions may be quite small and, if used, should be interpreted cautiously. Graphical summaries are also presented which compare the proportion of respondents expressing a particular attitude or intention in each force to the average for the service as a whole. These graphical summaries indicate either that 1) a force has the same proportion of respondents expressing a particular attitude as the national average or lower; 2) that the force has a higher proportion of respondents expressing a particular attitude than the national average; or 3) that the proportion of respondents expressing a particular attitude in a force is 10% or more higher than the national average. RESPONSE RATE AND RESPONDENTS 1071 responses were received from Northumbria Police, representing a response rate of around 31% (based on March 2015 Home Office figures of officer headcount). The national response rate for the 2015 survey was 28%. Last year’s response rate for Northumbria Police was 22%. Please bear this in mind when making comparisons with last year’s findings. Overall 4.8% of respondents to the survey declined to state which force they belonged to. The responses from these officers have been included within the national data but are excluded from force-level analysis. 77.9% of responses from Northumbria Police were received from male officers and 22.1% of responses were from female officers. 76.4% of respondents were Constables, 18.3% were Sergeants and 5.4% were Inspectors or Chief Inspectors. 1 Rankings have been determined at two decimal places. MORALE 79.9% of officers from Northumbria Police told us that their morale is currently low. This can be compared to the Service as a whole, where 70.2% of officers said that their own morale is low. The proportion of officers reporting low personal morale ranges from 84.5% at the top ranking force to 52.5% at the bottom ranking force. In terms of the proportion of officers with low morale, Northumbria Police ranks 4 out of 43, meaning that, compared to Northumbria Police, there are 39 forces with a smaller proportion of officers reporting low morale. 99.0% of officers from Northumbria Police felt that morale within the force is currently low. The average for the service as a whole is 94.6%. The proportion of officers reporting low force morale ranges from 99.5% at the top ranking force to 82.0% at the bottom ranking force. In terms of the proportion of officers reporting low force morale, Northumbria Police ranks 4 out of 43 forces, meaning that there are 39 forces with a smaller proportion of officers who feel that morale within their force is low. Comparison of 2015 and 2014 figures for morale in Northumbria Police are provided in the table below. 2015 (%) 2014 (%) Low personal morale 79.9% 68.4% Low force morale 99.0% 94.5% Proportion of respondents reporting low personal morale 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Humberside Police 84.5% Cleveland Police 82.4% South Yorkshire Police 81.9% Northumbria Police 79.9% Hampshire Constabulary 76.5% West Yorkshire Police 76.0% Cumbria Constabulary 75.3% Gwent Police 75.3% Avon and Somerset Constabulary 75.3% Metropolitan Police Service 74.9% Greater Manchester Police 74.3% Durham Constabulary 73.4% Nottinghamshire Police 73.2% Essex Police 73.0% Lincolnshire Police 73.0% Sussex Police 72.5% Cheshire Constabulary 72.1% City of London Police 70.9% Merseyside Police 69.6% West Midlands Police 69.5% South Wales Police 68.9% Gloucestershire Constabulary 68.9% Staffordshire Police 67.4% Surrey Police 67.2% Dorset Police 66.3% Suffolk Constabulary 65.1% Bedfordshire Police 64.8% Warwickshire Police 64.3% West Mercia Police 63.8% Leicestershire Police 63.8% Norfolk Constabulary 63.2% Devon & Cornwall Police 63.2% North Wales Police 63.0% Kent Police 62.8% Thames Valley Police 62.6% Northamptonshire Police 61.8% Lancashire Constabulary 61.7% Hertfordshire Constabulary 61.4% Derbyshire Constabulary 59.6% Cambridgeshire Constabulary 58.3% Wiltshire Police 56.2% Dyfed-Powys Police 54.3% North Yorkshire Police 52.5% Proportion of respondents reporting low personal morale compared to national average INTENTION TO LEAVE 13.8% of officers from Northumbria Police told us that they intend to leave the police service within two years. In comparison, for the service as a whole, 15.6% of officers planned to leave within two years. A further 21.6% of officers from Northumbria Police said that they currently do not know what their intentions are with regards to staying in or leaving the Police Service. The proportion of officers who plan to leave ranges from 27.2% at the top ranking force to 7.4% at the bottom ranking force. In terms of the proportion of officers intending to leave, Northumbria Police ranks 20 out of 43 forces, meaning that there are 23 forces with a smaller proportion of officers intending to leave within two years. Comparison of 2015 and 2014 figures for intention to leave in Northumbria Police are provided in the table below. 2015 (%) 2014 (%) Intend to leave within two 13.8% 12.4% years Proportion of respondents intending to leave the police within two years 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% City of London Police 27.2% Metropolitan Police Service 23.1% Humberside Police 22.2% Gwent Police 20.6% Cumbria Constabulary 20.5% Cleveland Police 19.9% Hampshire Constabulary 18.6% Sussex Police 18.5% Essex Police 17.5% Avon and Somerset Constabulary 17.4% Kent Police 17.0% Surrey Police 16.7% West Yorkshire Police 16.7% Dorset Police 16.5% Greater Manchester Police 16.2% Hertfordshire Constabulary 16.1% South Yorkshire Police 15.3% Northamptonshire Police 14.9% Merseyside Police 14.4% Leicestershire Police 13.8% Northumbria Police 13.8% West Midlands Police 13.7% Bedfordshire Police 13.4% Lincolnshire Police 13.4% Durham Constabulary 13.3% Thames Valley Police 13.3% Gloucestershire Constabulary 13.0% Staffordshire Police 12.3% Warwickshire Police 12.2% Cheshire Constabulary 11.9% Devon & Cornwall Police 11.8% South Wales Police 11.7% Derbyshire Constabulary 11.4% West Mercia Police 11.4% Norfolk Constabulary 11.3% Nottinghamshire Police 11.3% North Wales Police 10.7% Suffolk Constabulary 10.7% Lancashire Constabulary 10.4% Wiltshire Police 10.4% Dyfed-Powys Police 9.9% Cambridgeshire Constabulary 9.2% North Yorkshire Police 7.4% Proportion of respondents intending to leave the police within two years compared to national average REASONS FOR INTENDING TO LEAVE THE POLICE SERVICE This year, the Pay and Morale Survey also asked officers who had said they intended to leave to indicate their reasons for this. The table below shows the proportion of officers in Northumbria Police who said a particular factor has had a major effect on their intention to leave, compared to the national average. Please be aware that respondents were able to choose more than one option therefore the figures provide below will not add up to 100%. Factor Major effect on intention to Major effect on intention to leave (Northumbria Police leave (National %) %) The impact of your job on 64.4% 60.4% your family/personal life Your morale 89.6% 82.9% Your opportunities for 44.4% 46.0% development and promotion Your pay and benefits 62.7% 58.6% Better job opportunities 54.8% 51.2% outside of the Police The impact of the job on your 75.6% 69.8% health and wellbeing Dissatisfaction with your day- 56.3% 41.5% to-day job role Your workload and 55.6% 40.4% responsibilities How the police was a whole 87.4% 79.8% are treated Your treatment by your 45.5% 38.1% managers Your relationship with your 9.7% 9.7% colleagues WORKLOAD 79.9% of officers from Northumbria Police said that their workload has increased over the last twelve months. This compares to 72.2% of officers in the police service as a whole. The proportion of officers reporting an increase in workload over the last twelve months ranges from 88.2% at the top ranking force to 48.9% at the bottom ranking force. Northumbria Police ranks 5 out of 43 forces for this indicator; therefore 38 forces have a smaller proportion of officers who have experienced a workload increase in the last twelve months. 70.6% of officers from Northumbria Police said that their workload in the last year has been too high. This compares to 62.2% of officers in the Service as a whole. The proportion of officers reporting that their workload is too high ranges from 76.0% at the top ranking force to 46.9% at the bottom ranking force. Northumbria Police ranks 6 out of 43 forces; therefore 37 forces have a smaller proportion of officers who feel that that their workload is too high. Comparison of 2015 and 2014 figures for workload in Northumbria Police are provided in the table below.