Sexual misconduct dismissals

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/9357

Version Date: 03/03/2026

The Professional Standards Department has provided the following information:

CENTURION LIMITATIONS

• Data from older date ranges (e.g. 2010–2015) is likely to be less accurate.
• Prior to the 2020 legislation changes, many fields were not mandatory, which will affect the quality and consistency of earlier records.

Search Criteria / Methodology

Centurion extract includes both Conduct and Complaint cases.

Date parameters based on latest proceedings date.

Allegation Category (J) ‘Sexual Misconduct’

Allegation Type (Y) ‘Other Sexual Misconduct’ and (B) ‘Sexual Assault’

Keyword wildcard search ‘sex’ within the allegation summary. This was then followed by a manual review to determine cases that fit the requested criteria.

For awareness there have been historic issues with data recording onto Centurion resulting in poor data quality and therefore reliability / accuracy of some data. An increase in resourcing along with restructuring, plus external reviews are supporting a committed approach to improving this.

Please can you tell me how many dismissals of officers there have been for sexual misconduct within your police force?

• I would like the numbers by year, for the previous ten full financial years, so starting with 2015/16.