The available data are given in the table.
Number Avon and Somerset 8.6 Bedfordshire 7.1 Cambridgeshire 13.7 Cheshire 7.5 Cleveland 18.1 Cumbria 3.4 Derbyshire 4.3 Devon And Cornwall 4.6 Dorset 8.7 Durham 11.2 Essex 11.7 Gloucestershire 12.6 Greater Manchester 9.9 Hampshire 1.7 Hertfordshire 13.4 Humberside 2.2 Kent 6.0 Lancashire 12.8 Leicestershire 14.4 Lincolnshire 11.5 Merseyside 14.3 London3 31.3 Norfolk 8.0 Northamptonshire 6.2 Northumbria 9.2 North Yorkshire 9.3 Nottinghamshire 10.9 South Yorkshire 9.4 Staffordshire 6.6 Suffolk 4.3 Surrey 11.8 Sussex 17.0 Thames Valley 6.1 Warwickshire 12.2 West Mercia 7.2 West Midlands 9.8 West Yorkshire 21.9 Wiltshire 9.1 Dyfed-Powys 5.2 Gwent 13.7 North Wales 8.6 South Wales 9.1 Total 12.8 1 Full-time equivalent figures include those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. 2 Population data taken from mid-2002 Population Estimates (ONS). 3 PCSOs per 100,000 population for City of London and Metropolitan Police are combined.
The available data are given in the table. Police strength is collated by financial year and mid-financial year and figures are given as at the last day of the period (31 March and 30 September respectively). As the requested dates do not align with the financial year periods, the strength or a number of periods has been provided. The data are available in the relevant Home Office Statistical Bulletins for Police Service Strength, England and Wales. The most recent publication can be downloaded here: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1306.pdf
September 2004 March 2005 September 2005 March 2006 Avon and Somerset 82 139 146 130 Bedfordshire 26 37 43 41 Cambridgeshire 56 87 92 101 Cheshire 47 81 77 75 Cleveland 75 98 86 100 Cumbria 6 17 19 17 Derbyshire 0 43 43 42 Devon and Cornwall 57 74 75 74 Dorset 22 47 56 61 Durham 36 69 72 67 Dyfed-Powys 4 25 24 26 Essex 80 179 193 192 Gloucestershire 49 72 62 72 Greater Manchester 198 269 264 251 Gwent 26 77 81 76 Hampshire 0 26 23 30 Hertfordshire 75 98 135 139 Humberside 0 20 20 20 Kent 58 105 103 97 Lancashire 115 161 159 184 Leicestershire 54 103 119 136 Lincolnshire 46 75 78 78 London, City of 0 14 14 11 Merseyside 90 170 161 196 Metropolitan police 1,810 2,144 2,053 2,315 Norfolk 55 68 67 65 North Wales 5 46 61 58 North Yorkshire 46 75 69 71 Northamptonshire 27 39 38 40 Northumbria 51 130 143 129 Nottinghamshire 69 113 112 112 South Wales 65 107 116 111 South Yorkshire 57 125 125 121 Staffordshire 13 63 62 70 Suffolk 15 34 33 30 Surrey 77 115 102 126 Sussex 183 228 231 257 Thames Valley 7 98 109 130 Warwickshire 43 56 56 64 West Mercia 67 81 86 85 West Midlands 40 219 247 252 West Yorkshire 264 394 433 462 Wiltshire 28 41 38 57 Total PCSO strength 4,125 6,261 6,324 6,769 1 This table contains 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. Includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. Data for strength as at September 2006 will be published in January 2007.