Sussex Police has made huge strides in accurately recording crime.

The force has come out top of the three police forces inspected at no notice by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary – HMIC – with nearly 95 per cent accuracy in the recording of close to 100,000 reported crimes in Sussex in a year.

They assessed the force’s efforts as ‘Good’, with recording accuracy up by 11 percent on 2014.

Chief Constable Giles York noted that the HMIC supported Sussex Police in making huge progress in compliance with the national crime recording standard. He also welcomed their praise of the measures being taken to further safeguard children and vulnerable adults.

Mr York also noted HMIC’s recommendations for further training to improve their recording even further.