Nine in 10 formal allegations against Greater Manchester Police officers resulted in no misconduct action last year, fresh figures show.

Home Office data found that 4,368 misconduct allegations were made against Greater Manchester Police officers and handled under the formal complaints process in the year to April 2022.

Of these, 3,894 or 89 per cent resulted in no action being taken against the officers involved.

Only two allegations were referred to official misconduct proceedings and 64 referred to the reflective practice review process, which is when an officer’s behaviour falls short of expectations but doesn’t amount to misconduct.

Across England and Wales, 87,786 allegations were made against police officers and handled under the formal complaints process in 2021/22.

The majority (88 per cent) found no action was required.

The Home Office figures show there were 272 allegations of "conduct matter" offences against Greater Manchester Police officers in 2021/22.

Conduct matter means those which are not the subject of a complaint and indicate that an officer may have committed a criminal offence or behaved in a way that would justify disciplinary proceedings.

Of these, 10 were referred to official misconduct proceedings and 84 were referred to the reflective practice review process. No action was required in 142 cases.

A further 82 "recordable conduct matter" allegations were made, where it is alleged that an officer's conduct resulted in the death or serious injury of any person.

Of these, no action required was determined in 46 cases, while three were referred to misconduct proceedings and 21 were referred to the reflective practice review process.

Nationally, 68 officers were found guilty in criminal proceedings including sexual offences (10), violence against the person (10), and traffic offences (23).

Police behaviour and misconduct has been put in the national spotlight again after it emerged serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, who admitted to a string of sexual offences and rapes spanning two decades, faced no misconduct action or criminal sanctions despite coming to the attention of the force on several occasions.

It also serves as a reminder of the heartbreaking murder of Sarah Everard, who was killed by serving police officer Wayne Couzens.

The Police Federation of England and Wales, which declined to comment on the case against Carrick, said the vast majority of police officers provide the "best service they can" in challenging circumstances.

A spokesperson added: "Police officers are responding to increased demands on their services and at times things can and do go wrong.

"The results from the police misconduct statistics show that only a very small percentage of police officers are dismissed from the service as a result of a complaint."

Greater Manchester Police has been approached about the Home Office data.