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These statistics cover police officers, police staff, designated officers, police community support officers, special constables and police support volunteers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police.

See thePolice workforce open data tablesfor historical data.

See theUser guide to police workforce statisticsfor further information, including a glossary, conventions used and other background information.

If you have any queries about this release, please emailpolicingstatistics@homeoffice.gov.ukor write to:

The Home Office responsible statistician is Rosanna Currenti.