Police Workforce

This release is an end-year update of the Police workforce, England and Wales publication series, containing information on police workers in post on 31 March 2022. This release also provides more detailed information on police workers, such as sex, ethnicity and age breakdowns, as well as roles that officers perform.

While this bulletin contains information on workers as at 31 March 2022, a second statistical bulletin on ‘police officer uplift’ has also been published alongside this release. This second release provides information on progress with the recruitment of an additional 20,000 officers in England and Wales as at June 2022.