Police Officer stats 412/2024

FOI Reference: 412/2024

Request:

1. The total number of police officers who were in employment at your force in May 2010;
2. As of 06.04.24, what is the total number of police officers in current employment by your force;
3. The total number of PCSOs who were in employment at your force in May 2010;
4. As of 06.04.24, how many PCSOs were employed by your force;
5. Finally, if the data is available and it does not exceed the cost threshold, please could you provide an estimation of how many people your force served in 2010, and, by contrast, how many it serves in 2024.

 

Response Q1:

1215 Officers

Response Q2:

1318 Officers

Response Q3

83

Response to Q4

151

**Please note**:

In relation to Q1 & Q3:

(This data is recorded from the end of each financial year, therefore this information Is as of March 2010).

In relation to Q2 & Q4

This figure is from our March 2024 Home Office return. If figures from April 2024 are required, then these will not be available until the beginning of May 2025, as the information will not be produced until then).

Response to Q5

We are still trying to establish whether we hold any information to answer this question or not.  However, I am informed that the link below will take you to the information that all forces are required to submit every year. I trust this answers this question for you.  I would appreciate if you could let me know whether this sufficiently answers your request or not, in order that if you are not satisfied with the response to this question then I can make further enquiries in Force.  If you wish to discuss this matter further, please feel free to contact me.

The link is specific to the period requested.

Police Service Strength England and Wales, 31 March 2010 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Detailed demographic information that is broken down by area and published is available on the ONS website, this is informed by Census data and would not be information held in detail in Force.

The information for the period requested with regard to number of people served can be found in the statistical information provided via the link below.

Population and household estimates, Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

 

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on  10/05/2024)