Police Uplift: Officer Strength Since March 2019
Change in full-time-equivalent police officers in each force between 31 March 2019 and the latest 31 March, calculated by this site from the Home Office police workforce open data table (Police Officer rows, summed over rank and sex). Shows Mar 2026 vs Mar 2019, the latest edition loaded. This source is not updated automatically.
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| Name | Details | Change in officer FTE | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Police | +725.9 | +27.1% | |
| Bedfordshire Police | +291.9 | +24.7% | |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | +261.5 | +18.1% | |
| Cheshire Constabulary | +408.1 | +20.3% | |
| City of London Police | +268.2 | +36.3% | |
| Cleveland Police | +305.1 | +25.5% | |
| Cumbria Constabulary | +255.0 | +22.0% | |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | +346.5 | +19.6% | |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | +641.2 | +21.4% | |
| Dorset Police | +238.1 | +19.5% | |
| Durham Constabulary | +287.0 | +25.7% | |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | +187.3 | +16.4% | |
| Essex Police | +690.0 | +22.5% | |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | +281.6 | +26.2% | |
| Greater Manchester Police | +1,790.9 | +27.8% | |
| Gwent Police | +243.7 | +18.6% | |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | +721.5 | +26.7% | |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | +375.3 | +18.7% | |
| Humberside Police | +418.4 | +22.1% | |
| Kent Police | +610.1 | +17.2% | |
| Lancashire Constabulary | +701.1 | +24.2% | |
| Leicestershire Police | +457.8 | +25.0% | |
| Lincolnshire Police | +103.3 | +9.4% | |
| Merseyside Police | +770.1 | +22.7% | |
| Metropolitan Police Service | +1,059.1 | +3.5% | |
| Norfolk Constabulary | +288.9 | +18.0% | |
| North Wales Police | +284.4 | +19.5% | |
| North Yorkshire Police | +303.2 | +22.0% | |
| Northamptonshire Police | +300.2 | +25.3% | |
| Northumbria Police | +850.7 | +27.6% | |
| Nottinghamshire Police | +441.4 | +22.8% | |
| South Wales Police | +547.5 | +18.3% | |
| South Yorkshire Police | +650.9 | +27.5% | |
| Staffordshire Police | +479.8 | +30.6% | |
| Suffolk Constabulary | +257.7 | +22.0% | |
| Surrey Police | +472.3 | +25.1% | |
| Sussex Police | +631.2 | +24.0% | |
| Thames Valley Police | +935.4 | +22.5% | |
| Warwickshire Police | +322.5 | +39.5% | |
| West Mercia Police | +517.8 | +26.0% | |
| West Midlands Police | +1,679.1 | +25.9% | |
| West Yorkshire Police | +1,061.0 | +20.7% | |
| Wiltshire Police | +234.2 | +23.6% |
Largest increases in officer FTE (Mar 2026 vs Mar 2019)
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| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester Polic | 1,790.9 |
| West Midlands Police | 1,679.1 |
| West Yorkshire Police | 1,061.0 |
| Metropolitan Police Serv | 1,059.1 |
| Thames Valley Police | 935.4 |
| Northumbria Police | 850.7 |
| Merseyside Police | 770.1 |
| Avon and Somerset Police | 725.9 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wi | 721.5 |
| Lancashire Constabulary | 701.1 |
The chart ranks forces by the calculated change in officer FTE since March 2019.
How to read this table. The figures are the difference between two Home Office counts, worked out by this site; the Home Office does not publish this difference. A force that merged or changed its boundaries between the two dates would not be comparable. British Transport Police and the National Crime Agency are left out.