Police: Staff
(asked on 25th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest figures for (1) the established full headcount, and (2) the actual headcount, of each police authority in England and Wales.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.
Table 1 below shows the number of police officers, police staff (including designated officers), and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in headcount terms for each PFA in England and Wales, as at 30 September 2024. As at 30 September 2024 there were 245,891 paid workers employed in England and Wales. This includes 148,886 police officers, 89,270 police staff (including designated officers), and 7,735 PCSOs.
Table 1: Paid police workforce (headcount), England and Wales, as at 30 September 2024, by Police Force Area
Police Force | Police officers | Police staff (including designated officers) | PCSOs | Total paid workforce |
Avon and Somerset | 3,338 | 3,024 | 267 | 6,629 |
Bedfordshire | 1,469 | 1,216 | 42 | 2,727 |
Cambridgeshire | 1,751 | 964 | 22 | 2,737 |
Cheshire | 2,401 | 1,654 | 101 | 4,156 |
Cleveland | 1,524 | 948 | 85 | 2,557 |
Cumbria | 1,398 | 732 | 44 | 2,174 |
Derbyshire | 2,136 | 1,681 | 181 | 3,998 |
Devon and Cornwall | 3,682 | 2,217 | 146 | 6,045 |
Dorset | 1,453 | 1,351 | 90 | 2,894 |
Durham | 1,392 | 1,015 | 122 | 2,529 |
Dyfed-Powys | 1,318 | 847 | 144 | 2,309 |
Essex | 3,822 | 2,333 | 95 | 6,250 |
Gloucestershire | 1,349 | 999 | 120 | 2,468 |
Greater Manchester | 8,159 | 4,551 | 335 | 13,045 |
Gwent | 1,554 | 867 | 139 | 2,560 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 3,404 | 2,322 | 168 | 5,894 |
Hertfordshire | 2,405 | 1,595 | 158 | 4,158 |
Humberside | 2,300 | 1,448 | 136 | 3,884 |
Kent | 4,224 | 2,432 | 84 | 6,740 |
Lancashire | 3,604 | 2,321 | 223 | 6,148 |
Leicestershire | 2,298 | 1,693 | 159 | 4,150 |
Lincolnshire | 1,218 | 1,080 | 41 | 2,339 |
London, City of | 999 | 569 | 4 | 1,572 |
Merseyside | 4,193 | 2,715 | 185 | 7,093 |
Metropolitan Police | 34,296 | 11,946 | 1,511 | 47,753 |
Norfolk | 1,947 | 1,441 | 0 | 3,388 |
North Wales | 1,737 | 1,270 | 190 | 3,197 |
North Yorkshire | 1,674 | 1,288 | 141 | 3,103 |
Northamptonshire | 1,505 | 1,127 | 80 | 2,712 |
Northumbria | 3,857 | 2,201 | 85 | 6,143 |
Nottinghamshire | 2,437 | 1,601 | 155 | 4,193 |
South Wales | 3,564 | 2,455 | 352 | 6,371 |
South Yorkshire | 3,087 | 2,457 | 111 | 5,655 |
Staffordshire | 2,017 | 1,610 | 182 | 3,809 |
Suffolk | 1,427 | 1,056 | 29 | 2,512 |
Surrey | 2,328 | 1,825 | 76 | 4,229 |
Sussex | 3,263 | 2,389 | 253 | 5,905 |
Thames Valley | 5,088 | 3,823 | 261 | 9,172 |
Warwickshire | 1,158 | 849 | 69 | 2,076 |
West Mercia | 2,535 | 1,767 | 196 | 4,498 |
West Midlands | 8,097 | 4,080 | 312 | 12,489 |
West Yorkshire | 6,220 | 4,299 | 555 | 11,074 |
Wiltshire | 1,258 | 1,212 | 86 | 2,556 |
England and Wales | 148,886 | 89,270 | 7,735 | 245,891 |
Table 2 below shows the number of special constables and Police Support Volunteers (PSVs) in headcount terms by PFA as at 30 September 2024. As at 30 September 2024 there were 5,818 special constables and 6,984 PSVs.
Table 2: Unpaid police workforce, England and Wales, as at 31 March 2024, by Police Force Area
Police Force | Special constables | PSVs | Total unpaid police workforce |
Avon and Somerset | 192 | 124 | 316 |
Bedfordshire | 53 | 52 | 105 |
Cambridgeshire | 66 | 84 | 150 |
Cheshire | 156 | 46 | 202 |
Cleveland | 53 | 24 | 77 |
Cumbria | 39 | 54 | 93 |
Derbyshire | 78 | 84 | 162 |
Devon and Cornwall | 191 | 835 | 1,026 |
Dorset | 91 | 137 | 228 |
Durham | 30 | 63 | 93 |
Dyfed-Powys | 43 | 17 | 60 |
Essex | 251 | 212 | 463 |
Gloucestershire | 143 | 295 | 438 |
Greater Manchester | 190 | 97 | 287 |
Gwent | 54 | 46 | 100 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 169 | 111 | 280 |
Hertfordshire | 139 | 232 | 371 |
Humberside | 103 | 74 | 177 |
Kent | 174 | 330 | 504 |
Lancashire | 129 | 298 | 427 |
Leicestershire | 90 | 235 | 325 |
Lincolnshire | 94 | 117 | 211 |
London, City of | 53 | 11 | 64 |
Merseyside | 135 | 296 | 431 |
Metropolitan Police | 1,202 | 368 | 1,570 |
Norfolk | 119 | 98 | 217 |
North Wales | 70 | 83 | 153 |
North Yorkshire | 87 | 165 | 252 |
Northamptonshire | 106 | 108 | 214 |
Northumbria | 82 | 60 | 142 |
Nottinghamshire | 81 | 54 | 135 |
South Wales | 83 | 423 | 506 |
South Yorkshire | 60 | 72 | 132 |
Staffordshire | 136 | 55 | 191 |
Suffolk | 109 | 108 | 217 |
Surrey | 129 | 192 | 321 |
Sussex | 76 | 225 | 301 |
Thames Valley | 169 | 511 | 680 |
Warwickshire | 58 | 41 | 99 |
West Mercia | 73 | 105 | 178 |
West Midlands | 197 | 259 | 456 |
West Yorkshire | 146 | 116 | 262 |
Wiltshire | 119 | 67 | 186 |
England and Wales | 5,818 | 6,984 | 12,802 |
Data on the police workforce as at 31 March 2025 is due to be published on 23 July 2025.