Full-time equivalent (FTE) figures for police officers, police civilian staff, and Police Community Support Officers in the Metropolitan Police Force. The data is reported monthly by MOPAC to the Greater London Authority's Police and Crime Committee. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-25.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in police officer staffing levels based on monthly FTE figures.
- Model the composition of the police workforce based on the three reported personnel categories.
- Forecast future public safety resource needs based on historical FTE time-series data.
Strengths
- Data uses full-time equivalent (FTE) figures, which account for part-time work and job sharing.
- Figures are reported monthly, providing a regular time-series for analysis.
- Data is sourced from official reports to the Greater London Authority's Police and Crime Committee.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Greater London Authority
- Collection Method
- Figures are reported by MOPAC (Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime) to the GLA's Police and Crime Committee each month.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 12:03:33.344804; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Metropolitan Police Force area, London, UK.