Promotions trends of Inspectors to Chief Inspector and Superintendent from 2020 to 2025

 

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The promotion prospects with supporting data of male inspectors to chief inspectors and to superintendent, 2020-2025

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Promotion prospects are available and equal for all officers that are eligible. Searches found no recorded information specifically relating to the career prospects of males in the Inspector to Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector to Superintendent process in the years requested (or for any other demographic).  

 

The data relating to the Inspector to Chief Inspector or Chief Inspector to Superintendent process for the years 2020-2024 has been disclosed below. This data shows you the number of individuals eligible through to the number who 

passed the assessment centre. Please noted that there have been no corporate police promotion processes for these ranks delivered in 2025 therefore there is no 2025 data. 

 

Application rates from officers eligible to apply have been relatively consistent between female and male officers. The data shows that higher success rates have 

been associated with female candidates in both processes.

INSPECTOR TO CHIEF INSPECTOR

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2020	227	79	63	56	53	44
Male	2020	801	281	239	203	189	116
Grand	Total	1028	365	306	263	246	161

 

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2021	185	53	45	41	38	20
Male	2021	708	214	161	135	123	62
Grand	Total	893	282	217	185	169	87

     

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2022	191	65	59	59	53	38
Male	2022	732	221	173	160	151	79
Grand	Total	923	301	245	228	212	123

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2023	230	95	74	58	53	39
Male	2023	798	297	242	152	143	76
Grand	Total	1028	392	316	210	196	115

 

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2024	256	91	70	32	30	18
Male	2024	896	287	218	77	74	30
Grand	Total	1152	378	288	109	104	48

 

CHIEF INSPECTOR TO SUPERINTENDENT

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2020	78	31	26	16	16	13
Male	2020	233	96	83	60	56	25
Grand	Total	311	131	112	79	75	39

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2021	60	29	27	23	22	16
Male	2021	198	102	90	70	66	45
Grand	Total	258	131	117	93	88	61

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2022	97	19	1	16	15	6
Male	2022	302	82	71	55	47	24
Grand	Total	399	106	92	75	66	32

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2023	78	45	37	21	19	16
Male	2023	270	138	124	69	65	23
Grand	Total	348	190	168	94	88	39

Met candidates	Year	Eligible to apply in workforce	Registration of interest	Application submitted	Passed application screen	Attended assessment centre	Passed assessment centre
Female	2024	94	40	38	27	24	11
Male	2024	316	154	124	75	75	36
Grand	Total	410	194	162	102	99	47