The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. From Table H4 in the data tables published alongside this bulletin, the table below shows the total number of police officers and the number of police officers per 100,000 population in each force of the relevant regions requested as at 31 March 2020. South West region as at 31 March 20201 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Avon & Somerset | 2,803 | 163 | Devon & Cornwall | 3,100 | 175 | Dorset | 1,238 | 160 | Gloucestershire | 1,176 | 185 | Wiltshire | 1,007 | 139 | South West Total | 9,324 | 166 | - The figures provided are on a full-time equivalent basis
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South East region as at 31 March 20201 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Hampshire | 2,692 | 135 | Kent | 3,780 | 203 | Surrey | 1,928 | 161 | Sussex | 2,717 | 159 | Thames Valley | 4,310 | 178 | South East Total | 15,428 | 168 | - The figures provided are on a full-time equivalent basis
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Eastern region as at 31 March 20201 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Bedfordshire | 1,262 | 187 | Cambridgeshire | 1,545 | 181 | Essex | 3,298 | 179 | Hertfordshire | 2,086 | 175 | Norfolk | 1,665 | 183 | Suffolk | 1,219 | 160 | Eastern Total | 11,076 | 178 | - The figures provided are on a full-time equivalent basis
| More recent figures are available, but on a headcount basis that is not comparable with previous publications reporting on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis. The tables below provide the total number of officers and total officers per 100,000 population on a headcount basis as at 30 September 2020.South West region as at 30 September 20202 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Avon and Somerset | 2965 | 172 | Devon and Cornwall | 3273 | 185 | Dorset | 1306 | 169 | Gloucestershire | 1231 | 193 | Wiltshire | 1042 | 144 | South West | 9817 | 175 | - The figures provided are on a headcount basis
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South East region as at 30 September 20202 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Hampshire | 2893 | 145 | Kent | 3898 | 210 | Surrey | 2041 | 171 | Sussex | 2904 | 170 | Thames Valley | 4510 | 186 | South East | 16246 | 177 | - The figures provided are on a headcount basis
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Eastern region as at 30 September 20202 | Total Officers | Officers per 100,000 population | Bedfordshire | 1317 | 195 | Cambridgeshire | 1625 | 190 | Essex | 3398 | 184 | Hertfordshire | 2187 | 184 | Norfolk | 1737 | 191 | Suffolk | 1269 | 167 | Eastern | 11533 | 185 | - The figures provided are on a headcount basis
| These figures calculated using data from the Home Office’s new quarterly Police Uplift publication, reporting the progress of the Police Uplift Programme that is delivering on the current Government’s manifesto pledge to recruit 20,000 additional police officers in England and Wales by March 2023. The latest Uplift publication can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020 |