Number of police officers in England and Wales 2020, by region

Published by D. Clark, Jul 31, 2024
Data on the number of police officers in England and Wales as of September 2020 shows that on this date there were over 34 thousand police officers in London, the most of any Police force area, followed by the North West of England which had approximately 17 thousand officers.

Number of police officers in England and Wales as at September 30, 2020, by police force area

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Release date

January 2021

Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

September 2020

Supplementary notes

* By their nature, Central Service secondments and British Transport Police cannot be attributed to one single police force area.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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