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Police force | 2004 | % change over previous year | 2005 | % change over previous year | 2006 | % change over previous year | % overall change |
Avon and Somerset
|
3,401
|
8.00
|
3,384
|
-0.50
|
3,389
|
0.15
|
13.69
|
Bedfordshire
|
1,181
|
6.78
|
1,215
|
2.88
|
1,198
|
-1.40
|
6.23
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1,400
|
1.16
|
1,402
|
0.14
|
1,430
|
2.00
|
15.50
|
Cheshire
|
2,177
|
2.74
|
2,186
|
0.41
|
2,174
|
-0.55
|
8.81
|
Cleveland
|
1,687
|
6.64
|
1,676
|
-0.65
|
1,677
|
0.06
|
18.07
|
Cumbria
|
1,222
|
7.19
|
1,232
|
0.82
|
1,230
|
-0.16
|
10.31
|
Derbyshire
|
2,070
|
3.34
|
2,070
|
0.00
|
2,046
|
-1.16
|
16.05
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
3,283
|
2.53
|
3,369
|
2.62
|
3,493
|
3.68
|
20.49
|
Dorset
|
1,433
|
1.20
|
1,450
|
1.19
|
1,485
|
2.41
|
17.58
|
Durham
|
1,685
|
2.06
|
1,718
|
1.96
|
1,699
|
-1.11
|
21.27
|
Essex
|
3,098
|
3.65
|
3,190
|
2.97
|
3,279
|
2.79
|
13.68
|
Gloucestershire
|
1,284
|
4.65
|
1,291
|
0.55
|
1,289
|
-0.15
|
13.80
|
Greater Manchester
|
8,042
|
9.52
|
8,041
|
-0.01
|
7,959
|
-1.02
|
14.72
|
Hampshire
|
3,706
|
1.04
|
3,725
|
0.51
|
3,707
|
-0.48
|
10.75
|
Hertfordshire
|
2,086
|
6.59
|
2,104
|
0.86
|
2,126
|
1.05
|
24.18
|
Humberside
|
2,213
|
5.13
|
2,230
|
0.77
|
2,224
|
-0.27
|
8.97
|
Kent
|
3,576
|
2.55
|
3,586
|
0.28
|
3,599
|
0.36
|
15.35
|
Lancashire
|
3,550
|
6.32
|
3,551
|
0.03
|
3,583
|
0.90
|
12.99
|
Leicestershire
|
2,277
|
7.71
|
2,283
|
0.26
|
2,250
|
-1.45
|
17.91
|
Lincolnshire
|
1,228
|
0.57
|
1,221
|
-0.57
|
1,213
|
-0.66
|
5.98
|
London, City of
|
853
|
5.57
|
876
|
2.70
|
869
|
-0.80
|
-0.06
|
Merseyside
|
4,122
|
0.56
|
4,317
|
4.73
|
4,269
|
-1.11
|
-3.22
|
Metropolitan Police
|
29,735
|
6.26
|
30,710
|
3.28
|
30,536
|
-0.57
|
11.68
|
Norfolk
|
1,510
|
0.73
|
1,544
|
2.25
|
1,557
|
0.84
|
11.14
|
Northamptonshire
|
1,239
|
2.40
|
1,267
|
2.26
|
1,317
|
3.95
|
14.22
|
Northumbria
|
4,040
|
2.46
|
4,048
|
0.20
|
3,983
|
-1.61
|
8.59
|
North Yorkshire
|
1,529
|
5.89
|
1,543
|
0.92
|
1,636
|
6.03
|
23.56
|
Nottinghamshire
|
2,484
|
3.03
|
2,502
|
0.72
|
2,477
|
-1.00
|
6.87
|
South Yorkshire
|
3,279
|
3.02
|
3,265
|
-0.43
|
3,255
|
-0.31
|
5.92
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Staffordshire
|
2,266
|
2.91
|
2,280
|
0.62
|
2,272
|
-0.35
|
2.86
|
Suffolk
|
1,304
|
4.07
|
1,313
|
0.69
|
1,300
|
-0.99
|
14.26
|
Surrey
|
1,913
|
0.37
|
1,915
|
0.10
|
1,922
|
0.37
|
16.92
|
Sussex
|
3,039
|
1.67
|
3,044
|
0.16
|
3,092
|
1.58
|
0.60
|
Thames Valley
|
4,034
|
5.24
|
4,114
|
1.98
|
4,229
|
2.80
|
15.11
|
Warwickshire
|
1,008
|
1.10
|
1,011
|
0.30
|
1,032
|
2.08
|
5.41
|
West Mercia
|
2,355
|
4.39
|
2,367
|
0.51
|
2,351
|
-0.68
|
16.57
|
West Midlands
|
7,887
|
1.75
|
8,056
|
2.14
|
8,097
|
0.51
|
13.32
|
West Yorkshire
|
5,275
|
4.89
|
5,631
|
6.75
|
5,644
|
0.23
|
9.76
|
Wiltshire
|
1,217
|
5.09
|
1,222
|
0.41
|
1,219
|
-0.25
|
0.00
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
1,160
|
0.96
|
1,174
|
1.21
|
1,182
|
0.68
|
19.27
|
Gwent
|
1,372
|
2.31
|
1,438
|
4.81
|
1,467
|
2.02
|
40.58
|
North Wales
|
1,603
|
4.16
|
1,652
|
3.06
|
1,617
|
-2.12
|
17.34
|
South Wales
|
3,279
|
1.23
|
3,281
|
0.06
|
3,263
|
-0.55
|
7.80
|
Total England and Wales
|
137,105
|
4.32
|
139,495
|
1.74
|
139,633
|
0.10
|
11.85
|
(1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there my be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items.
(2) Full-time equivalent includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
(3) Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources for the policing of the Rhmney Valley from South Wales Police to Gwent Police.
(4) Boundary changes on 1 April 2000 transferred some resources from the Metropolitan Police to Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey police forces.
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