As of 1 January 2010, the percentage of Catholic police officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland was 27.68 per cent.
Since the inception of the PSNI there have been 15 recruitment campaigns. 37.33 per cent. of applicants for these competitions indicated their religious background as Catholic.
During the course of the 2009 calendar year, 201 Catholics and 209 non-Catholics were recruited to the PSNI.