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Police Statistics

Volume 264: debated on Monday 16 October 1995

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Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are currently serving in each British constabulary. [36733]

Mr. Maclean

The information is set out in the table.

Police forcePolice officer strength As at 31 March 1995
England and Wales
Avon and Somerset3,000
Bedfordshire1,126
Cambridgeshire1,261
Cheshire1,932
City of London885
Cleveland1,438
Cumbria1,167
Derbyshire1,797
Devon and Cornwall2,877
Dorset1,288
Durham1,353
Dyfed-Powys976
Essex2,921
Police forcePolice officer strength As at 31 March 1995
Gloucestershire1,163
Greater Manchester7,037
Gwent997
Hampshire3,256
Hertfordshire1,703
Humberside2,029
Kent3,117
Lancashire3,212
Leicestershire1,839
Lincolnshire1,199
Merseyside4,659
Metropolitan Police27,480
Norfolk1,395
Northamptonshire1,156
Northumbria3,606
North Wales1,366
North Yorkshire1,300
Nottinghamshire2,319
South Wales3,014
South Yorkshire3,040
Staffordshire2,231
Suffolk1,191
Surrey1,676
Sussex2,931
Thames Valley3,854
Warwickshire1,013
West Mercia2,046
West Midlands7,019
West Yorkshire5,050
Wiltshire1,261
Scotland
Central Scotland656
Dumfries and Galloway391
Fife789
Table A: Notifiable offences recorded by the police 1992–94
Offences against property1Offences against the person
Violence against the personSexual offencesRobbery
Police force area199219931994199219931994199219931994199219931994
Avon and Somerset167,699166,672157,4095,1515,7726,7915868941,0911,3201,8631,715
Bedfordshire56,42755,64849,1351,9001,9361,965254417417605543580
Cambridgeshire62,42861,86157,5882,7772,8213,030437393421291308242
Cheshire74,56075,29369,2832,7842,9753,245459465543320345278
Cleveland80,82075,17478,2672,6512,2272,359268216236289336466
Cumbria42,81841,09739,6221,9451,9352,1531682462501009174
Derbyshire83,09885,82980,2483,9734,0973,984418478493345357421
Devon and Cornwall108,923114,344102,1473,9264,1144,603665985892310423403
Dorset49,44149,03752,0811,5051,7361,877345319442164135146
Durham63,80363,41760,9492,4472,4062,665412495510153164149
Essex108,874108,29199,5794,3344,1884,505620709549530430423
Gloucestershire58,00558,14857,1361,6461,7592,140269314466268303319
Greater Manchester376,695345,332319,83210,12810,0499,2811,4091,3571,2284,3105,4245,361
Hampshire145,051138,396132,3935,2455,3285,7051,1211,4061,056605564585
Hertfordshire56,18153,98951,9761,8821,9191,996294275305349273264
Humberside122,091134,258128,9214,9504,9555,054773798695419526547
Kent151,025152,558144,7245,7366,1857,1271,1009421,099605631635
Lancashire126,860129,453121,8703,1963,1343,230420469502530540546
Leicestershire92,02894,08991,9523,4903,7494,8555594716178641,0391,158
Lincolnshire46,08749,25344,2222,2292,2822,319316313393119158119
City of London6,3815,2265,004230238125292323625129
Merseyside137,970130,350124,6827,1347,3597,6787057688082,0362,2042,035
Metropolitan Police869,057832,936770,11937,66739,58646,7885,8766,4006,97223,55524,48625,764
Norfolk64,08861,21652,7061,8332,0442,187384366370212217186
Northamptonshire56,09156,17653,9802,4662,6332,498295291367293301306
Northumbria215,436204,666194,9216,3486,3586,1857667137461,0641,2271,213
North Yorkshire52,10555,08959,1421,9211,9932,082226266263129123187
Nottinghamshire153,348148,191141,7718,3147,6907,7181,0831,1671,1411,0651,2021,193
South Yorkshire129,912149,775148,9844,8964,8155,0275936386647169431.062
Staffordshire90,76391,38486,2565,4525,7316,089446520551391414416
Suffolk41,50239,96736,0832,0872,1162,140375380392150117118
Surrey50,49749,29342,8272,0252,1752,716395377463224213165
Sussex113,568106,099101,1043,1343,2693,420845693747542546589

Police force

Police officer strength As at 31 March 1995

Grampian1,194
Lothian and Borders2,539
Northern649
Strathclyde7,014
Tayside1,091

Northern Ireland

Royal Ulster Constabulary8,448
Reserve (full-time)3,176
Reserve (part-time)1,507