Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have posted ward and sub-ward level crime maps of their areas on the internet. [232231]
Mr. Coaker:
Five forces currently produce monthly crime maps for the public; West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Hampshire and the Metropolitan Police Service.
West Midlands and the Metropolitan Police Service are publishing interactive sub-ward neighbourhood level crime maps.
Lancashire constabulary are producing maps at ward level, Hampshire at district level and West Yorkshire at beat level.
ACPO are working to ensure that crime mapping is available from all forces in England and Wales to at least ward level by December 2008 as part of the Policing Pledge that was announced in the Policing Green Paper “From the neighbourhood to the national“ in July 2008.
Police: Manpower
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the ratio of police to members of the public was in each constituency in each year since 1997; [231493]
(2) how many police officers per 100,000 residents there were in each police authority in England in each year since 1997. [231494]
Mr. Coaker:
The available data are given in the following table. Police Personnel data are not collected by parliamentary constituency.
Police Officers( 1) (FTE)( 2) per 100,000 of the population for by police force, as at 31 March 1997 to 31 March 2008
Police force
1997(3)
1998
1999
2000
2001(4)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
204
203
203
197
197
205
213
229
225
226
224
218
Bedfordshire
200
197
189
185
184
189
198
210
215
213
207
204
Cambridgeshire
188
184
179
172
179
187
196
197
194
196
187
183
Cheshire
209
208
211
204
204
209
217
224
223
223
225
218
Cleveland
261
266
255
252
253
263
294
314
305
308
315
303
Cumbria
233
237
229
220
213
224
237
254
257
256
255
251
Derbyshire
187
184
182
183
187
189
210
216
213
212
209
212
Devon and Cornwall
186
192
186
182
187
192
204
208
212
219
216
214
Dorset
189
192
186
189
196
198
205
209
211
216
217
216
Durham
240
249
258
256
263
266
281
288
293
288
285
272
Essex
197
193
190
183
178
181
186
192
198
203
203
203
Gloucestershire
205
198
197
200
209
209
219
229
230
228
229
234
Greater Manchester
268
270
265
264
268
279
298
323
321
318
314
315
Hampshire
198
199
197
193
193
195
208
211
212
211
215
214
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Hertfordshire
205
202
198
201
184
174
191
204
206
208
210
204
Humberside
230
228
223
219
217
234
244
256
255
251
251
248
Kent
210
209
204
203
209
210
221
228
227
227
229
227
Lancashire
228
229
228
223
228
231
239
252
251
253
252
254
Leicestershire
211
214
215
215
218
224
232
246
246
241
237
233
Lincolnshire
196
193
184
179
191
189
191
189
185
183
183
175
London, City of(5)
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Merseyside
296
297
298
290
291
294
302
303
318
315
325
331
Metropolitan Police5
367
356
352
341
351
366
404
420
433
428
426
430
Norfolk
185
184
176
175
178
183
189
190
192
193
191
190
Northamptonshire
196
193
186
181
186
194
194
198
201
207
200
196
Northumbria
256
263
269
266
272
278
290
294
294
291
283
285
North Yorkshire
183
186
181
173
175
188
193
203
206
216
217
202
Nottinghamshire
225
225
216
214
214
226
239
245
245
243
235
224
South Yorkshire
242
244
243
243
245
246
252
261
260
259
256
248
Staffordshire
209
217
211
204
201
201
212
218
220
219
219
214
Suffolk
180
179
179
171
168
177
188
196
195
191
196
188
Surrey
209
207
212
227
192
184
182
183
184
184
183
179
Sussex
211
203
191
188
188
190
203
206
205
207
205
201
Thames Valley
180
183
180
178
175
177
186
195
198
202
199
194
Warwickshire
186
185
180
178
182
190
198
197
195
198
199
198
West Mercia
183
180
180
166
171
176
196
202
203
202
205
210
West Midlands
270
271
278
274
283
293
307
311
316
318
318
324
West Yorkshire
247
244
236
228
228
230
242
254
271
270
270
269
Wiltshire
195
195
192
185
184
189
190
198
198
196
192
190
Dyfed-Powys
212
210
215
217
219
234
237
236
237
237
236
237
Gwent
275
222
224
227
229
239
244
248
259
264
268
266
North Wales
208
213
212
213
220
228
234
243
250
242
238
234
South Wales
223
242
241
236
250
259
273
275
273
271
273
264
England and Wales
241
240
237
233
234
240
254
264
267
267
266
264
(1) This table is based on 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 the sums of the constituent items. (2) Figures up to 31 March 2002 exclude staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. The figures for 31 March 2003 onwards figures include those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. (3) Boundary changes on 1 April 1996 transferred resources for the policing of the Rhymney 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. (5) Officers per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.
