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Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2020 third edition

Statistics on police workforce numbers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2020 second edition

Details

Police workforce open data tables.

Statistics cover police officers, police staff, police community support officers, designated officers, special constables and police support volunteers.

See the ‘User Guide to Police Workforce Statistics’ for further information, including a glossary, conventions used and other background information.

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Crime and Policing Analysis 5th Floor Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF

The Home Office responsible statistician is John Flatley.

Updates to this page

Published 30 July 2020
Last updated 25 January 2021 + show all updates
  1. Following a revision from Norfolk and Suffolk police, the number of officers on recuperative and restrictive/adjusted duties have been updated for these forces in Chapter 7. The accompanying data table (Table W3) has also been updated.

  2. Following an error with the ordering of column headings, Table D7 has been updated in this second edition.

  3. First published.

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