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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Published 28 July 2021
Last updated 30 March 2022 + show all updates

30 March 2022
An error was identified in the code used to produce data on the age of the police workforce. The code had inadvertently placed all police workers with an age of 56 years in the “not stated” category. Relevant sections of Chapter 6 have been updated in this second edition, as have the accompanying data tables (Table D5 and Table D6) and Age Open Data Table. Furthermore, while no revisions have been made to the data, an error was identified with the formula in Table H1 and Table H4, which meant the totals were not summing as they should. This has also been updated.
28 July 2021
First published.

Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2021 second edition

Applies to England and Wales

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