What is being delivered
In this section you will find an overview of our progress in delivering the actions in the original plan at a national level, as well as a list of initiatives and resources being delivered by local forces and other agencies.
This list is not exhaustive and will be regularly updated as the plan progresses. It is one part of a wider programme of knowledge sharing the national team will deliver over the coming months.
Any information that is sensitive or cannot be made accessible for the public will be added to a separate resource on the Knowledge Hub.
In October 2025 the Police Race Action Plan launched a force initiatives and conference brochure, which brought together projects submitted into a national call for practice run by the NPCC and College of Policing as well as those presented at the plan's first conference. You can view this brochure below.
See what is happening in our four workstreams
Our maturity matrix contains two overall standards, looking at data and accountability, as well as leadership and change management. Below are some examples of local and national work ongoing across policing and the wider criminal justice system in these broader areas to deliver an anti-racist police service.
Avon and Somerset Police has developed its Race Matters programme, in response to a major report looking at disproportionality across the local criminal justice system.
Surrey and Sussex Police have issued their own anti-racism statement.
Dorset Police has published an overview of its local approach to delivery of the plan, including its governance structure.
Cheshire Constabulary has a legitimacy framework, which outlines how the PRAP fits into wider governance structures around things such as stop and search, use of force and hate crime.
Other local and national partners are delivering their own anti-racism statements and strategies. Examples range from the Welsh government, including a bespoke plan for the criminal justice system, through to the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust.
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary published two significant reports into race related matters in policing in 2023, one on leadership and governance arrangements and another on race disparity in police criminal justice decision-making. A key finding was the importance for policing to improve the recording of ethnicity data.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has a specific project looking to address and prevent race and sex-based discrimination, harassment, and victimisation within the UK's uniformed services. As part of this work it has produced a toolkit to help emergency services collect and analyse good quality equality data.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct in 2024 published its race discrimination report. It highlighted how the police need to investigate discrimination allegations properly to ensure they are effectively handled first time so people can have confidence in the police complaints system. The IOPC published a toolkit to support forces alongside the report.
The Crown Prosecution Service has published its own plan to tackle racial disproportionality, as well as the research underpinning it. We are working alongside the CPS on a joint programme of work around both plans.
The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners also has a specific strand of work looking at tackling race disparity in policing. The tools they make available to elected PCCs includes a race disparity toolkit, which contains local examples of good work.
Another agency active in this area is the Youth Endowment Fund. Funded by the Home Office with a mandate to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence, in 2025 the organisation published a report on racial disproportionality in violence affecting children and young people, making five recommendations to address it.
The Police Race Action Plan complements the wider Culture and Inclusion strategy for policing, which was launched in April 2025.
The Scottish Institute for Policing Research has published a systematic review of implementing anti-racism in the context of policing.
Further academic research using linked Ministry of Justice data from criminal courts in England and Wales assesses ethnic disparities at multiple decision points, from pre-sentencing to sentencing.