Data are available from 2002-03 onwards and are given in the following tables. The number of transfers between forces has been separately identified as these officers, while leaving individual police forces, have not left the police service itself.
2002-03 Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with less than two years service Percentage of police officers leaving with less than two years service Avon and Somerset 0 39 19 Bedfordshire 0 17 18 Cambridgeshire 1 17 16 Cheshire 0 6 5 Cleveland 0 2 3 Cumbria 0 5 8 Derbyshire 0 7 6 Devon and Cornwall 0 20 13 Dorset 0 13 19 Durham — 6 8 Dyfed-Powys 1 6 11 Essex 4 23 11 Gloucestershire 0 13 16 Greater Manchester 2 56 15 Gwent 0 2 3 Hampshire 3 29 13 Hertfordshire 3 33 17 Humberside — 17 16 Kent 5 43 20 Lancashire2 — — — Leicestershire3 1 9 7 Lincolnshire 5 15 21 London, City of 0 11 19 Merseyside 1 10 5 Metropolitan Police 16 410 24 Norfolk 0 12 13 Northamptonshire 0 8 14 Northumbria 0 20 12 North Wales 1 9 12 North Yorkshire — 8 14 Nottinghamshire — 8 6 South Wales 1 25 16 South Yorkshire 1 24 14 Staffordshire — 12 9 Suffolk 1 12 14 Surrey 20 53 21 Sussex 2 47 19 Thames valley 13 53 14 Warwickshire 0 12 21 West Mercia 1 13 11 West Midlands 4 88 17 West Yorkshire 1 30 12 Wiltshire 0 10 12 Total4 96 1,244 16
Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with less than two years service Percentage of police officers leaving with less than two years service Avon and Somerset 0 33 23 Bedfordshire 1 22 21 Cambridgeshire 0 10 11 Cheshire 2 12 11 Cleveland 0 9 11 Cumbria 0 3 6 Derbyshire 0 13 15 Devon and Cornwall 0 10 8 Dorset 1 15 20 Durham 3 11 14 Dyfed-Powys 0 5 13 Essex 4 19 9 Gloucestershire 1 10 18 Greater Manchester 0 65 20 Gwent 0 3 4 Hampshire 3 48 21 Hertfordshire 3 43 27 Humberside 4 22 23 Kent 1 45 20 Lancashire2 0 18 14 Leicestershire3 0 16 19 Lincolnshire 0 7 11 London, City of 0 5 9 Merseyside 0 14 8 Metropolitan Police 11 394 25 Norfolk 0 6 12 Northamptonshire 1 7 10 Northumbria 0 20 11 North Wales — 7 12 North Yorkshire 0 7 9 Nottinghamshire 6 14 11 South Wales 4 11 7 South Yorkshire 3 23 14 Staffordshire 0 12 12 Suffolk 1 20 27 Surrey 11 40 27 Sussex 1 87 30 Thames valley 5 37 12 Warwickshire 0 7 13 West Mercia 1 22 18 West Midlands 0 7 2 West Yorkshire 1 32 13 Wiltshire 3 14 21 Total4 71 1,191 17
Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with less than two years service Percentage of police officers leaving with less than two years service Avon and Somerset 0 30 17 Bedfordshire 0 30 31 Cambridgeshire 0 12 12 Cheshire 1 17 16 Cleveland 1 14 17 Cumbria 0 8 18 Derbyshire 1 6 6 Devon and Cornwall 0 18 10 Dorset 0 13 16 Durham 4 17 21 Dyfed-Powys 0 10 16 Essex 0 34 15 Gloucestershire 0 11 19 Greater Manchester 1 55 15 Gwent 0 4 5 Hampshire 3 37 14 Hertfordshire 1 38 24 Humberside 1 12 11 Kent 0 27 13 Lancashire2 1 21 13 Leicestershire3 — — — Lincolnshire 3 14 18 London, City of 0 6 10 Merseyside 3 22 10 Metropolitan Police 3 214 16 Norfolk 0 7 9 Northamptonshire 0 5 5 Northumbria 1 20 12 North Wales 0 10 19 North Yorkshire 0 13 15 Nottinghamshire 4 15 10 South Wales 0 11 8 South Yorkshire 0 30 17 Staffordshire 0 34 27 Suffolk 3 16 22 Surrey 11 30 19 Sussex 3 84 32 Thames valley 1 62 20 Warwickshire 0 3 5 West Mercia 2 13 11 West Midlands 4 72 16 West Yorkshire 3 40 15 Wiltshire 0 11 14 Total4 55 1,125 16
Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with less than two years service Percentage of police officers leaving with less than two years service Avon and Somerset 0 15 8 Bedfordshire 0 16 18 Cambridgeshire 1 12 11 Cheshire 0 8 4 Cleveland 1 8 8 Cumbria 0 5 7 Derbyshire 0 4 3 Devon and Cornwall 1 24 12 Dorset 0 15 14 Durham 4 16 16 Dyfed-Powys 0 4 5 Essex 1 39 15 Gloucestershire 0 4 4 Greater Manchester 0 43 9 Gwent 0 12 15 Hampshire 0 32 11 Hertfordshire 1 31 18 Humberside 2 20 13 Kent 3 23 8 Lancashire2 0 13 6 Leicestershire3 0 19 12 Lincolnshire 3 14 15 London, City of 0 3 4 Merseyside 1 19 7 Metropolitan Police 0 95 6 Norfolk 0 11 12 Northamptonshire 0 10 11 Northumbria 0 13 6 North Wales 0 6 6 North Yorkshire 1 3 3 Nottinghamshire 1 4 3 South Wales 0 13 7 South Yorkshire 0 21 9 Staffordshire 0 12 11 Suffolk 0 10 11 Surrey 4 22 15 Sussex 1 49 22 Thames valley 1 41 12 Warwickshire 0 5 7 West Mercia 0 9 6 West Midlands 9 63 13 West Yorkshire 1 63 17 Wiltshire 0 12 16 Total4 36 829 10
Police force area Number of transfers (included as part of overall officers leaving the service) Number of police officers leaving the force with less than two years service Percentage of police officers leaving with less than two years service Avon and Somerset 2 10 6 Bedfordshire 1 12 21 Cambridgeshire 0 12 13 Cheshire 0 16 14 Cleveland 1 16 21 Cumbria 0 7 14 Derbyshire 0 9 6 Devon and Cornwall 0 20 15 Dorset 0 15 14 Durham 0 8 13 Dyfed-Powys 0 3 6 Essex 0 42 15 Gloucestershire 1 4 5 Greater Manchester 0 20 4 Gwent 0 8 12 Hampshire 0 22 10 Hertfordshire 0 28 16 Humberside 1 16 13 Kent 0 14 6 Lancashire2 0 15 9 Leicestershire3 1 8 6 Lincolnshire 1 7 9 London, City of 0 2 3 Merseyside 0 33 13 Metropolitan Police 5 81 5 Norfolk 0 12 12 Northamptonshire 3 13 13 Northumbria 0 13 7 North Wales 0 8 9 North Yorkshire 5 17 17 Nottinghamshire 0 6 4 South Wales 1 10 5 South Yorkshire 2 25 13 Staffordshire 0 12 10 Suffolk 0 3 6 Surrey 6 51 27 Sussex 0 37 17 Thames valley 1 29 10 Warwickshire 1 7 9 West Mercia 0 12 8 West Midlands 5 50 10 West Yorkshire 5 44 13 Wiltshire 2 6 10 Total4 44 760 10 1 Leaving figures include police officers leaving the force within two years of joining or re-joining the service, due to dismissals (including requirement to resign), voluntary resignations, medical retirements, ordinary retirements, all transfers and all deaths. 2 Data for Lancashire was not available in 2002-03. 3 Data for Leicestershire was not available in 2004-05. 4 In order to compare data between 2002-03 and 2006-07 Lancashire and Leicestershire have been excluded from the total.