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Such information as is available which has been provided by police forces to the Home Office is set out in the following tables. Information at force level prior to 2003 is not available.
Police officers FTE whose main function is Traffic( 1) 2003-07( 2) |
Full-time equivalents as at 31 March each year |
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number of police officers used for traffic policing | Police strength as at 31 March 2003 | % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2003) | Number of police officers used for traffic policing | Police strength as at 31 March 2004 | % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2004) | Number of police officers used for traffic policing | Police strength as at 31 March 2005 | % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2005) |
Avon and Somerset
|
216
|
3,149
|
6.8
|
222
|
3,401
|
6.5
|
228
|
3,384
|
6.7
|
Bedfordshire
|
75
|
1,106
|
6.8
|
80
|
1,181
|
6.8
|
80
|
1,215
|
6.6
|
Cambridgeshire
|
85
|
1,384
|
6.1
|
99
|
1,400
|
7.1
|
101
|
1,402
|
7.2
|
Cheshire
|
194
|
2,119
|
9.2
|
200
|
2,179
|
9.2
|
194
|
2,186
|
8.9
|
Cleveland
|
64
|
1,582
|
4.0
|
73
|
1,687
|
4.3
|
2
|
1,676
|
0.1
|
Cumbria
|
107
|
1,140
|
9.4
|
110
|
1,222
|
9.0
|
108
|
1,232
|
8.8
|
Derbyshire
|
107
|
2,003
|
5.3
|
121
|
2,070
|
5.8
|
116
|
2,070
|
5.6
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
192
|
3,202
|
6.0
|
198
|
3,298
|
6.0
|
211
|
3,369
|
6.3
|
Dorset
|
91
|
1,416
|
6.4
|
86
|
1,433
|
6.0
|
82
|
1,450
|
5.7
|
Durham
|
111
|
1,651
|
6.7
|
119
|
1,685
|
7.1
|
108
|
1,718
|
6.3
|
Dyfed Powys
|
136
|
1,149
|
11.8
|
105
|
1,167
|
9.0
|
141
|
1,174
|
12.0
|
Essex
|
241
|
2,989
|
8.1
|
242
|
3,098
|
7.8
|
243
|
3,190
|
7.6
|
Gloucestershire
|
62
|
1,227
|
5.0
|
66
|
1,284
|
5.1
|
67
|
1,291
|
5.2
|
Greater Manchester
|
406
|
7,343
|
5.5
|
392
|
8,042
|
4.9
|
359
|
8,041
|
4.5
|
Gwent
|
93
|
1,341
|
6.9
|
95
|
1,372
|
6.9
|
96
|
1,438
|
6.7
|
Hampshire
|
248
|
3,668
|
6.8
|
246
|
3,706
|
6.6
|
244
|
3,725
|
6.6
|
Hertfordshire
|
150
|
1,957
|
7.7
|
151
|
2,086
|
7.2
|
149
|
2,104
|
7.1
|
Humberside
|
123
|
2,105
|
5.8
|
119
|
2,213
|
5.4
|
225
|
2,230
|
10.1
|
Kent
|
104
|
3,487
|
3.0
|
|
3,576
|
|
122
|
3,586
|
3.4
|
Lancashire
|
198
|
3,339
|
5.9
|
187
|
3,550
|
5.3
|
190
|
3,551
|
5.4
|
Leicestershire
|
92
|
2,114
|
4.3
|
95
|
2,277
|
4.2
|
85
|
2,283
|
3.7
|
Lincolnshire
|
90
|
1,221
|
7.4
|
89
|
1,228
|
7.2
|
96
|
1,221
|
7.8
|
London, City of
|
24
|
808
|
3.0
|
24
|
853
|
2.8
|
28
|
876
|
3.2
|
Merseyside
|
125
|
4,099
|
3.0
|
119
|
4,122
|
2.9
|
115
|
4,317
|
2.7
|
Metropolitan police
|
583
|
27,984
|
2.1
|
592
|
29,735
|
2.0
|
1,029
|
30,710
|
3.4
|
Norfolk
|
120
|
1,499
|
8.0
|
121
|
1,510
|
8.0
|
107
|
1,544
|
6.9
|
Northamptonshire
|
70
|
1,210
|
5.8
|
71
|
1,239
|
5.7
|
65
|
1,267
|
5.2
|
Northumbria
|
245
|
3,943
|
6.2
|
253
|
4,040
|
6.3
|
165
|
4,048
|
4.1
|
North Wales
|
115
|
1,539
|
7.5
|
114
|
1,603
|
7.1
|
76
|
1,652
|
4.6
|
North Yorkshire
|
151
|
1,444
|
10.5
|
138
|
1,529
|
9.0
|
101
|
1,543
|
6.5
|
Nottinghamshire
|
26
|
2,411
|
1.1
|
121
|
2,484
|
4.9
|
133
|
2,502
|
5.3
|
South Wales
|
243
|
3,239
|
7.5
|
245
|
3,279
|
7.5
|
243
|
3,281
|
7.4
|
South Yorkshire
|
180
|
3,183
|
5.7
|
127
|
3,278
|
3.9
|
134
|
3,265
|
4.1
|
Staffordshire
|
50
|
2,202
|
2.3
|
49
|
2,266
|
2.2
|
58
|
2,280
|
2.5
|
Suffolk
|
68
|
1,253
|
5.4
|
72
|
1,304
|
5.5
|
76
|
1,313
|
5.8
|
Surrey
|
108
|
1,906
|
5.6
|
110
|
1,913
|
5.8
|
107
|
1,915
|
5.6
|
Sussex
|
164
|
2,989
|
5.5
|
163
|
3,039
|
5.4
|
163
|
3,044
|
5.4
|
Thames Valley
|
259
|
3,833
|
6.8
|
259
|
4,034
|
6.4
|
245
|
4,114
|
6.0
|
Warwickshire
|
103
|
997
|
10.3
|
103
|
1,008
|
10.2
|
93
|
1,011
|
9.2
|
West Mercia
|
292
|
2,256
|
13.0
|
115
|
2,355
|
4.9
|
117
|
2,367
|
4.9
|
West Midlands
|
384
|
7,751
|
5.0
|
405
|
7,887
|
5.1
|
393
|
8,056
|
4.9
|
West Yorkshire
|
320
|
5,029
|
6.4
|
314
|
5,275
|
6.0
|
317
|
5,631
|
5.6
|
Wiltshire
|
91
|
1,158
|
7.8
|
96
|
1,217
|
7.9
|
93
|
1,222
|
7.6
|
Total
|
6,902
|
131,426
|
5.3
|
6,706
|
137,128
|
4.9
|
7,104
|
139,495
|
5.1
|