Police: East of England

(asked on 2nd November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 29 October (HL9280), how many police officers there are per head of the population in each Police Force Area in the East of England.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 16th November 2020

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

  1. The figures provided are on a full-time equivalent basis

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

  1. The figures provided are on a full-time equivalent basis

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

  1. 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

  1. The figures provided are on a headcount basis

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

  1. The figures provided are on a headcount basis

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

  1. 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

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