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| Table 2: Police staff strength by English Government office regions and Wales (full-time equivalents)( 1,2) |
| | Police staff | Police staff less staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave (comparable with previously published figures) | Police staff |
| | Strength as at: | Strength as at: | Change in 12 months | Change in 6 months |
| | September 2005 | March 2006 | September 06 | September 2005 | March 2006 | September 2006 | September 2005 to September 2006 | March 2006 to September 2006 |
| English Government office regions and Wales | fte | fte | fte | fte | fte | fte | No. | % | No. | % |
|
North East
|
3,023
|
3,107
|
3,229
|
2,992
|
3,070
|
3,194
|
206
|
6.8
|
122
|
3.9
|
|
Cleveland
|
705
|
697
|
735
|
705
|
685
|
725
|
30
|
4.3
|
38
|
5.4
|
|
Durham
|
738
|
744
|
737
|
736
|
739
|
733
|
-1
|
-0.1
|
-7
|
-1.0
|
|
Northumbria
|
1,580
|
1,665
|
1,757
|
1,552
|
1,646
|
1,735
|
177
|
11.2
|
91
|
5.5
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
North West
|
9,069
|
9,225
|
9,283
|
8,912
|
9,121
|
9,101
|
213
|
2.4
|
57
|
0.6
|
|
Cheshire
|
1,094
|
1,170
|
1,201
|
1,068
|
1,149
|
1,172
|
107
|
9.8
|
31
|
2.7
|
|
Cumbria
|
717
|
732
|
731
|
703
|
723
|
719
|
14
|
1.9
|
-2
|
-0.2
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
3,353
|
3,352
|
3,375
|
3,300
|
3,326
|
3,308
|
22
|
0.7
|
23
|
0.7
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,734
|
1,764
|
1,777
|
1,691
|
1,729
|
1,731
|
43
|
2.5
|
13
|
0.7
|
|
Merseyside
|
2,172
|
2,207
|
2,199
|
2,151
|
2,194
|
2,171
|
27
|
1.2
|
-8
|
-0.4
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
6,918
|
7,172
|
7,284
|
6,828
|
7,125
|
7,215
|
368
|
5.3
|
112
|
1.6
|
|
Humberside
|
1,068
|
1,097
|
1,157
|
1,051
|
1,091
|
1,153
|
89
|
8.3
|
60
|
5.5
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
962
|
1,039
|
1,090
|
943
|
1,030
|
1,081
|
128
|
13.3
|
51
|
4.9
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
1,798
|
1,853
|
1,914
|
1,765
|
1,817
|
1,880
|
116
|
6.5
|
62
|
3.3
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
3,088
|
3,183
|
3,122
|
3,068
|
3,187
|
3,100
|
35
|
1.1
|
-61
|
-1.9
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
East Midlands
|
5,133
|
5,259
|
5,274
|
5,034
|
5,168
|
5,173
|
141
|
2.7
|
15
|
0.3
|
|
Derbyshire
|
1,125
|
1,109
|
1,142
|
1,108
|
1,084
|
1,120
|
17
|
1.6
|
34
|
3.0
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1,040
|
1,079
|
1,081
|
1,004
|
1,050
|
1,049
|
41
|
3.9
|
2
|
0.2
|
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|
Lincolnshire
|
681
|
677
|
691
|
675
|
680
|
687
|
10
|
1.4
|
14
|
2.1
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
934
|
1,010
|
1,004
|
918
|
995
|
989
|
70
|
7.5
|
-6
|
-0.6
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
1,353
|
1,385
|
1,356
|
1,329
|
1,360
|
1,328
|
3
|
0.2
|
-28
|
-2.1
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
West Midlands
|
6,683
|
6,777
|
6,802
|
6,598
|
6,663
|
6,703
|
119
|
1.8
|
25
|
0.4
|
|
Staffordshire
|
1,331
|
1,305
|
1,291
|
1,318
|
1,290
|
1,281
|
-40
|
-3.0
|
-15
|
-1.1
|
|
Warwickshire
|
603
|
609
|
623
|
603
|
605
|
617
|
19
|
3.2
|
14
|
2.3
|
|
West Mercia
|
1,548
|
1,563
|
1,594
|
1,512
|
1,511
|
1,539
|
47
|
3.0
|
31
|
2.0
|
|
West Midlands
|
3,201
|
3,300
|
3,295
|
3,164
|
3,257
|
3,265
|
94
|
2.9
|
-5
|
-0.1
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Eastern
|
6,933
|
7,032
|
7,055
|
6,830
|
6,921
|
6,934
|
122
|
1.8
|
23
|
0.3
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
748
|
759
|
769
|
739
|
752
|
755
|
21
|
2.9
|
10
|
1.3
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
862
|
898
|
962
|
849
|
887
|
942
|
100
|
11.6
|
64
|
7.1
|
|
Essex
|
2,009
|
1,968
|
1,892
|
1,981
|
1,947
|
1,867
|
-118
|
-5.9
|
-76
|
-3.9
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
1,436
|
1,489
|
1,498
|
1,408
|
1,450
|
1,467
|
62
|
4.3
|
8
|
0.6
|
|
Norfolk
|
1,032
|
1,064
|
1,072
|
1,018
|
1,049
|
1,055
|
40
|
3.9
|
8
|
0.7
|
|
Suffolk
|
846
|
853
|
862
|
835
|
837
|
847
|
16
|
1.9
|
9
|
1.0
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
London
|
14,146
|
14,150
|
14,251
|
13,733
|
13,732
|
13,855
|
105
|
0.7
|
100
|
0.7
|
|
London, City of
|
297
|
314
|
329
|
296
|
314
|
329
|
32
|
10.8
|
14
|
4.6
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
13,849
|
13,836
|
13,922
|
13,437
|
13,417
|
13,526
|
73
|
0.5
|
86
|
0.6
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
South East
|
10,565
|
10,702
|
10,950
|
10,372
|
10,531
|
10,746
|
385
|
3.6
|
248
|
2.3
|
|
Hampshire
|
2,043
|
2,093
|
2,261
|
2,015
|
2,071
|
2,223
|
218
|
10.7
|
168
|
8.0
|
|
Kent
|
2,287
|
2,292
|
2,285
|
2,249
|
2,255
|
2,245
|
-2
|
-0.1
|
-7
|
-0.3
|
|
Surrey
|
1,443
|
1,541
|
1,609
|
1,398
|
1,485
|
1,553
|
166
|
11.5
|
69
|
4.5
|
|
Sussex
|
2,056
|
1,994
|
2,009
|
2,017
|
1,966
|
1,979
|
-47
|
-2.3
|
15
|
0.7
|
|
Thames Valley
|
2,736
|
2,782
|
2,785
|
2,693
|
2,755
|
2,746
|
49
|
1.8
|
3
|
0.1
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
South West
|
6,455
|
6,625
|
6,690
|
6,333
|
6,500
|
6,555
|
236
|
3.6
|
65
|
1.0
|
|
Avon and Somerset
|
1,983
|
2,080
|
2,120
|
1,921
|
2,018
|
2,052
|
137
|
6.9
|
40
|
1.9
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
2,050
|
2,082
|
2,062
|
2,036
|
2,058
|
2,034
|
13
|
0.6
|
-20
|
-0.9
|
|
Dorset
|
919
|
918
|
940
|
904
|
907
|
924
|
21
|
2.3
|
22
|
2.4
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
674
|
694
|
707
|
656
|
675
|
687
|
33
|
4.8
|
12
|
1.8
|
|
Wiltshire
|
829
|
851
|
862
|
816
|
841
|
859
|
33
|
3.9
|
11
|
1.3
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Wales
|
3,687
|
3,741
|
3,767
|
3,595
|
3,664
|
3,699
|
81
|
2.2
|
26
|
0.7
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
564
|
566
|
588
|
546
|
559
|
575
|
24
|
4.3
|
22
|
3.9
|
|
Gwent
|
735
|
749
|
781
|
735
|
749
|
781
|
47
|
6.3
|
32
|
4.2
|
|
North Wales
|
882
|
882
|
892
|
854
|
859
|
879
|
10
|
1.2
|
10
|
1.1
|
|
South Wales
|
1,507
|
1,543
|
1,506
|
1,461
|
1,497
|
1,465
|
-1
|
0.0
|
-37
|
-2.4
|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Total of all 43 forces
|
72,610
|
73,790
|
74,585
|
71,229
|
72,495
|
73,175
|
1,975
|
2.7
|
795
|
1.1
|
|
British Transport Police
|
904
|
941
|
997
|
892
|
923
|
979
|
93
|
10.3
|
56
|
6.0
|
(1) Police staff exclude designated officers, police community support officers and traffic wardens. (2) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and sums of the constituent items.
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