Annex: Police force headcount and recruitment
The table below provides recent recruitment figures across the different forces and the current overall officer headcount of each of those forces.
|
Police Force by region |
Joiners at Constable rank 1 April 2012–31 March 2013 |
Joiners at Constable rank |
Standard direct recruits and previous Special Constables |
Headcount |
|
North East |
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Cleveland |
0 |
0 |
24 |
1,326 |
|
Durham |
53 |
2 |
0 |
1,169 |
|
Northumbria |
20 |
99 |
77 |
3,514 |
|
North West |
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Cheshire |
75 |
18 |
105 |
1,952 |
|
Cumbria |
60 |
110 |
72 |
1,143 |
|
Greater Manchester |
52 |
98 |
52 |
6,703 |
|
Lancashire |
51 |
44 |
58 |
2,919 |
|
Merseyside |
80 |
255 |
44 |
3,794 |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Humberside |
16 |
26 |
15 |
1,614 |
|
North Yorkshire |
43 |
100 |
63 |
1,395 |
|
South Yorkshire |
112 |
106 |
28 |
2,587 |
|
West Yorkshire |
91 |
45 |
107 |
4,748 |
|
East Midlands |
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Derbyshire |
81 |
65 |
64 |
1,863 |
|
Leicestershire |
74 |
113 |
42 |
1,955 |
|
Lincolnshire |
48 |
31 |
67 |
1,100 |
|
Northamptonshire |
86 |
31 |
72 |
1,229 |
|
Nottinghamshire |
16 |
165 |
63 |
2,102 |
|
West Midlands |
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Staffordshire |
0 |
28 |
46 |
1,714 |
|
Warwickshire |
2 |
39 |
51 |
828 |
|
West Mercia |
21 |
14 |
136 |
2,014 |
|
West Midlands |
1 |
0 |
166 |
7,133 |
|
Eastern |
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Bedfordshire |
9 |
16 |
111 |
1,073 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
85 |
54 |
53 |
1,362 |
|
Essex |
95 |
89 |
117 |
3,069 |
|
Hertfordshire |
71 |
57 |
103 |
1,911 |
|
Norfolk |
80 |
119 |
67 |
1,569 |
|
Suffolk |
71 |
86 |
1 |
1,147 |
|
London |
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London, City of |
0 |
25 |
12 |
739 |
|
Metropolitan Police |
173 |
2342 |
3,069 |
31,877 |
|
South East |
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Hampshire |
104 |
57 |
23 |
3,064 |
|
Kent |
20 |
161 |
173 |
3,188 |
|
Surrey |
90 |
86 |
52 |
1,863 |
|
Sussex |
14 |
105 |
150 |
2,810 |
|
Thames Valley |
231 |
291 |
199 |
4,365 |
|
South West |
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|
Avon & Somerset |
25 |
91 |
96 |
2,707 |
|
Devon & Cornwall |
0 |
176 |
125 |
3,068 |
|
Dorset |
0 |
13 |
70 |
1,272 |
|
Gloucestershire |
19 |
68 |
30 |
1,165 |
|
Wiltshire |
50 |
28 |
30 |
1,015 |
|
Wales |
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Dyfed-Powys |
22 |
57 |
104 |
1,176 |
|
Gwent |
0 |
25 |
0 |
1,229 |
|
North Wales |
91 |
65 |
32 |
1,487 |
|
South Wales |
70 |
124 |
118 |
2,864 |
|
Total 43 forces |
2,302 |
5,523 |
6,087 |
126,818 |
Source: Home Office, Police Workforce statistics
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5 July 2016