Welcome to the Isle of Man Constabulary

Introduction from the Chief Constable Mike Langdon

Welcome to the Isle of Man Constabulary webpages of the Department of Home Affairs website.

Our service has the privilege of serving communities throughout the Isle of Man. I’m proud to say that we are a high achieving, high performing public service that is focused on working with our partners in the Island to reduce crime and enhance the quality of life of the community. All of our staff are committed to keeping the Island a safe place in which to live, work, invest and visit. The safer the community feels, the better we are doing our job.

The Isle of Man Constabulary is strongly focused on Neighbourhood Policing, and the five Neighbourhood Policing Teams are each headed by an Inspector, whose responsibility is to deliver a high quality service to the community, working closely in partnership with public, private and voluntary sector organisations and representatives to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse society.

All aspects of the Isle of Man Constabulary were independently assessed in October 2006 by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. Their findings have been welcomed by the Chief Constable.

Citizen focus, investigating crime and leadership and direction were all rated as ‘good’ while all other areas including crime reduction, promoting safety, providing assistance and use of resources were rated ‘fair’.

The report praises the Constabulary for developing neighbourhood policing and its work with local authorities. It highlights that foot patrols increased by 8.3% on the previous year and that its high visibility approach is deterring anti-social behaviour and providing community reassurance.

It states: ‘Notwithstanding the increase in recorded crime in 2005/06, it is worthy to note just how safe the Island remains with few serious crimes being committed. Within 43 forces in England and Wales, the average number of crimes annually per 1,000 head of population is 112.7. In the Isle of Man (based upon a population of 77,000) there are 56.5 crimes annually per 1,000 head of population. This represents excellent performance.

‘During the year the Constabulary achieved a detection rate of 43.2%. This represents a significant increase from that achieved in 2004/05 when the detection rate was 38.8% (average over the last three years of 35.6%). The average detection rate in England and Wales is 26%. Again this is excellent performance.’

The full HMIC baseline assessment report is below.