Police Workforce Statistics for 43 Forces in England and Wales

43 police forces in England and Wales, plus the British Transport Police, are covered in these statistics. The data is produced by the UK Home Office and designated as National Statistics. The release was re-titled from 'Police Service Strength' to 'Police Workforce' in July 2013 to better reflect its content.

Use Cases

• Analyzing police staffing levels based on force-level statistics.
• Tracking changes in police workforce composition over time.
• Comparing workforce metrics across different police forces in England and Wales.
• Informing public policy and resource planning based on official workforce data.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of quality assurance.
• Covers a specific, defined scope of 43 police forces and the British Transport Police.
• Produced by the authoritative source agency, the Home Office.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:44.541225; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales