The National Intelligence Model (NIM) is an intelligence-led policing model adopted by ACPO and ACPOS as the means by which the police forces throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland should set their priorities and allocate their resources.

It applies to all areas of policing from uniformed operations to the criminal investigation and road policing departments. It is not necessarily about inventing new or different methods of policing. The NIM seeks to consolidate good and effective practice, creating a framework designed to allow a force or law enforcement agency to best tackle the areas it has identified through a strategic assessment process as being of highest priority or most significant threat.

Responding to calls from the public continues to be one of the most important and necessary aspects of modern policing. However, the NIM identifies patterns of crime and enables a more fundamental approach to problem solving in which resources can be aligned and tasked against an accurate understanding of crime and incident problems.

NIM promotes a cooperative approach to policing and many of the problems facing modern law enforcement agencies will require solutions forged in partnership with other agencies and bodies.