The requested data are published annually in the Home Office Statistical Bulletins “Police Powers and Procedures” and “Police Service Strength”. The latest editions are available online and all editions are available in the Library of the House. A table is, however, provided for the Member’s convenience.
It should be noted that the data provided on arrests covers arrests for notifiable offences only, which account for only a proportion of arrests made by police officers. Information on all arrests is not collected centrally.
Year1 Number of arrests for notifiable offences2 Number of police officers3 Number of arrests for notifiable offences per police officer 1999-2000 1,277,900 124,170 10.3 2000-01 1,264,200 125,682 10.1 2001-02 1,271,900 129,603 9.8 2002-03 1,313,100 133,366 9.8 2003-04 1,330,400 139,200 9.6 2004-05 1,353,400 141,230 9.6 2005-06 1,429,800 141,381 10.1 2006-07 1,482,200 140,514 10.5 2007-08 1,475,300 140,230 10.5 1 Arrests data are not available prior to 1999-2000. Data for arrests in 2008-09 will be published in April 2010. 2 The Home Office Arrests collection only covers arrests for notifiable offences only, data on arrests for non-notifiable offences are not reported to the Home Office. Data are rounded to the nearest hundred. 3 Full-time equivalent officer strength figures are provided, including officers on central service secondments. In order to make like-for-like comparisons with earlier years data excludes officers on career breaks, maternity and paternity leave. Strength at the end of each given financial year is provided.