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| Full-time equivalents as at 31 March each year |
| | 2006 | 2007 |
| | Number of police officers used for traffic policing | Police strength as at 31 March 2006 | % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2006) | Number of police officers used for traffic policing | Police strength as at 31 March 2007 | % of overall police strength (as at 31 March 2007) |
|
Avon and Somerset
|
215
|
3,389
|
6.3
|
148
|
3,375
|
4.4
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
81
|
1,198
|
6.7
|
68
|
1,185
|
5.7
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
99
|
1,430
|
6.9
|
96
|
1,381
|
6.9
|
|
Cheshire
|
85
|
2,174
|
3.9
|
91
|
2,192
|
4.2
|
|
Cleveland
|
61
|
1,677
|
3.6
|
72
|
1,713
|
4.2
|
|
Cumbria
|
111
|
1,230
|
9.0
|
114
|
1,244
|
9.1
|
|
Derbyshire
|
119
|
2,046
|
5.8
|
110
|
2,023
|
5.4
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
215
|
3,493
|
6.1
|
225
|
3,476
|
6.5
|
|
Dorset
|
81
|
1,485
|
5.5
|
80
|
1,492
|
5.4
|
|
Durham
|
105
|
1,699
|
6.2
|
100
|
1,683
|
5.9
|
|
Dyfed Powys
|
243
|
1,182
|
20.5
|
136
|
1,177
|
11.6
|
|
Essex
|
73
|
3,279
|
2.2
|
231
|
3,297
|
7.0
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
342
|
1,289
|
26.5
|
67
|
1,303
|
5.2
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
240
|
7,959
|
3.0
|
352
|
7,887
|
4.5
|
|
Gwent
|
149
|
1,467
|
10.1
|
95
|
1,493
|
6.3
|
|
Hampshire
|
181
|
3,707
|
4.9
|
237
|
3,796
|
6.2
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
116
|
2,126
|
5.5
|
145
|
2,159
|
6.7
|
|
Humberside
|
197
|
2,224
|
8.8
|
100
|
2,227
|
4.5
|
|
Kent
|
77
|
3,599
|
2.1
|
109
|
3,664
|
3.0
|
|
Lancashire
|
102
|
3,583
|
2.8
|
184
|
3,566
|
5.1
|
|
Leicestershire
|
24
|
2,250
|
1.1
|
72
|
2,225
|
3.2
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
128
|
1,213
|
11.4
|
100
|
1,221
|
8.2
|
|
London, City of
|
603
|
869
|
69.4
|
23
|
854
|
2.7
|
|
Merseyside
|
112
|
4,269
|
2.6
|
150
|
4,413
|
3.4
|
|
Metropolitan police
|
63
|
30,536
|
0.2
|
611
|
30,710
|
2.0
|
|
Norfolk
|
167
|
1,557
|
10.7
|
110
|
1,565
|
7.0
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
97
|
1,317
|
7.4
|
63
|
1,281
|
4.9
|
|
Northumbria
|
134
|
3,983
|
3.4
|
172
|
3,917
|
4.4
|
|
North Wales
|
141
|
1,617
|
8.7
|
98
|
1,591
|
6.1
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
28
|
1,636
|
1.7
|
99
|
1,654
|
6.0
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
80
|
2,477
|
3.2
|
139
|
2,410
|
5.8
|
|
South Wales
|
99
|
3,263
|
3.0
|
252
|
3,297
|
7.6
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
160
|
3,255
|
4.9
|
143
|
3,254
|
4.4
|
|
Staffordshire
|
236
|
2,272
|
10.4
|
35
|
2,288
|
1.5
|
|
Suffolk
|
97
|
1,300
|
7.5
|
77
|
1,342
|
5.7
|
|
Surrey
|
116
|
1,922
|
6.0
|
87
|
1,914
|
4.5
|
|
Sussex
|
401
|
3,092
|
13.0
|
169
|
3,077
|
5.5
|
|
Thames Valley
|
343
|
4,229
|
8.1
|
237
|
4,197
|
5.7
|
|
Warwickshire
|
13
|
1,032
|
1.3
|
93
|
1,059
|
8.8
|
|
West Mercia
|
143
|
2,351
|
6.1
|
129
|
2,400
|
5.4
|
|
West Midlands
|
102
|
8,097
|
1.3
|
383
|
8,173
|
4.7
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
81
|
5,644
|
1.4
|
324
|
5,655
|
5.7
|
|
Wiltshire
|
243
|
1,219
|
19.9
|
89
|
1,204
|
7.4
|
|
Total
|
6,511
|
139,633
|
4.7
|
6,412
|
140,032
|
4.6
|
(1) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. This can result in substantial changes from year in year in certain forces, and may not fully reflect overall deployment. The traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. The does not include officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination and radar duties. (2) Data is unavailable at police force area level between 1997 and 2003. Source: Home Office
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