POLICE COMPANIONA free two-page PDF listing every topic covered by the Police Companion NPPF notes, grouped by area, with its exam weighting and three tick boxes. Print it and keep it next to your manuals.
How to use it
- Read: tick when you have read the topic in the Blackstone's Police Manuals.
- Notes: tick when you have made your own notes, or worked through a set of revision notes.
- Self-test: tick when you have tested yourself with practice questions or flashcards.
A topic is only finished when all three boxes are ticked. Give the higher-weighted topics extra time, but cover everything, because any part of the syllabus can be tested.
Every topic and its exam weight
Topics are ranked by how many marks they have generally carried across recent NPPF sittings.
Crime
- Misuse of DrugsHigh
- Non-Fatal Offences Against the PersonHigh
- Sexual OffencesHigh
- Child ProtectionHigh
- Theft and Related OffencesHigh
- Criminal DamageHigh
- Mens Rea (State of Mind)Medium
- Actus Reus (Criminal Conduct)Medium
- Incomplete OffencesMedium
- General DefencesMedium
- Firearms and Gun CrimeMedium
- Racial and Religiously Aggravated OffencesMedium
- FraudMedium
- HomicideLower
- Miscellaneous Offences Against the Person and Deprivation of LibertyLower
- Offences Against the Administration of Justice and Public InterestLower
Evidence & Procedure
- Release of Persons ArrestedHigh
- Detention and Treatment of Persons by Police Officers (PACE Code C)High
- Instituting Criminal ProceedingsMedium
- Court Procedure and WitnessesMedium
- Exclusion of Admissible EvidenceMedium
- Disclosure of EvidenceMedium
- Identification (PACE Code D)Medium
- Interviews (PACE Codes C, E and F)Medium
- Youth Justice, Crime and DisorderLowest
Roads Policing
- Offences Involving Standards of DrivingHigh
- Drink, Drugs and DrivingMedium
- Key Police PowersLower
- Definitions and PrinciplesLowest
- Reportable AccidentsLowest
- InsuranceLowest
- Legislation for the Protection of Road UsersLowest
- Construction and UseLowest
- Driver LicensingLowest
- Notices of Intended ProsecutionLowest
- Forgery and Falsification of DocumentsLowest
General Police Duties
- Entry, Search and SeizureHigh
- Powers of ArrestHigh
- Public Order, Processions and AssembliesHigh
- WeaponsHigh
- Stop and SearchMedium
- Hatred and Harassment OffencesMedium
- Complaints and MisconductLower
- Unsatisfactory Performance and AttendanceLower
- Offences Involving CommunicationsLower
- Terrorism and Associated OffencesLower
- Sporting EventsLower
- Protection of People Suffering from Mental DisordersLower
- Offences Relating to Land and PremisesLower
- Licensing and Offences Related to AlcoholLower
- Offences and Powers Relating to InformationLower
- EqualityLower
- Anti-Social BehaviourLowest
A weighting guide built from past sitting data, not a prediction. The whole syllabus remains examinable. For 2027 exams, check topics against the 2027 edition of the Blackstone's Police Manuals, which the exam is based on.
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