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| Police officer minority ethnic recruits( 1) to police forces from 2002-03 to 2005-06( 2) (FTE)( 3) and recruits as percentage of total strength |
| | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| | Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
2
|
3,160
|
0.1
|
4
|
3,417
|
0.1
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
4
|
1,119
|
0.4
|
5
|
1,199
|
0.4
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
5
|
1,391
|
0.4
|
6
|
1,412
|
0.4
|
|
Cheshire
|
1
|
2,137
|
0.0
|
6
|
2,204
|
0.3
|
|
Cleveland
|
1
|
1,592
|
0.1
|
2
|
1,697
|
0.1
|
|
Cumbria
|
0
|
1,154
|
0.0
|
4
|
1,241
|
0.3
|
|
Derbyshire
|
6
|
2,010
|
0.3
|
1
|
2,084
|
0.0
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
2
|
3,215
|
0.1
|
2
|
3,311
|
0.1
|
|
Dorset
|
1
|
1,422
|
0.1
|
1
|
1,453
|
0.1
|
|
Durham
|
0
|
1,662
|
0.0
|
4
|
1,701
|
0.2
|
|
Essex
|
0
|
3,007
|
0.0
|
3
|
3,120
|
0.1
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
0
|
1,237
|
0.0
|
3
|
1,298
|
0.2
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2
|
7,391
|
0.0
|
41
|
8,111
|
0.5
|
|
Hampshire
|
6
|
3,707
|
0.2
|
7
|
3,780
|
0.2
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7
|
1,977
|
0.4
|
14
|
2,117
|
0.7
|
|
Humberside
|
1
|
2,123
|
0.0
|
4
|
2,231
|
0.2
|
|
Kent
|
2
|
3,488
|
0.1
|
4
|
3,621
|
0.1
|
|
Lancashire
|
14
|
3,380
|
0.4
|
15
|
3,579
|
0.4
|
|
Leicestershire
|
6
|
2,147
|
0.3
|
18
|
2,300
|
0.8
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
1
|
1,236
|
0.1
|
1
|
1,241
|
0.1
|
|
London, City of
|
4
|
811
|
0.5
|
7
|
856
|
0.8
|
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|
Merseyside
|
3
|
4,112
|
0.1
|
7
|
4,129
|
0.2
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
305
|
28,231
|
1.1
|
500
|
30,035
|
1.7
|
|
Norfolk
|
2
|
1,509
|
0.1
|
0
|
1,524
|
0.0
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
2
|
1,222
|
0.2
|
7
|
1,261
|
0.6
|
|
Northumbria
|
6
|
4,018
|
0.1
|
1
|
4,061
|
0.0
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
2
|
1,452
|
0.1
|
2
|
1,534
|
0.1
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
6
|
2,426
|
0.2
|
7
|
2,507
|
0.3
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
3
|
3,194
|
0.1
|
9
|
3,307
|
0.3
|
|
Staffordshire
|
0
|
2,224
|
0.0
|
2
|
2,286
|
0.1
|
|
Suffolk
|
1
|
1,258
|
0.1
|
3
|
1,314
|
0.2
|
|
Surrey
|
8
|
1,933
|
0.4
|
3
|
1,942
|
0.2
|
|
Sussex
|
0
|
3,037
|
0.0
|
4
|
3,090
|
0.1
|
|
Thames Valley
|
9
|
3,899
|
0.2
|
20
|
4,103
|
0.5
|
|
Warwickshire
|
4
|
1,000
|
0.4
|
1
|
1,011
|
0.1
|
|
West Mercia
|
1
|
2,267
|
0.0
|
2
|
2,365
|
0.1
|
|
West Midlands
|
48
|
7,832
|
0.6
|
49
|
8,008
|
0.6
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
12
|
5,037
|
0.2
|
16
|
5,313
|
0.3
|
|
Wiltshire
|
2
|
1,169
|
0.2
|
5
|
1,225
|
0.4
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
1
|
1,156
|
0.1
|
0
|
1,167
|
0.0
|
|
Gwent
|
1
|
1,347
|
0.1
|
2
|
1,376
|
0.1
|
|
North Wales
|
0
|
1,553
|
0.0
|
0
|
1,625
|
0.0
|
|
South Wales
|
4
|
3,269
|
0.1
|
3
|
3,312
|
0.1
|
|
England and Wales
|
485
|
132,509
|
0.4
|
795
|
138,468
|
0.6
|
