Neighbourhood Policing: Staff
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) neighbourhood police officers and (b) police community support officers there were as of (i) 5 July 2024 and (ii) 1 April 2025.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office collects information on the number of officers, PCSOs and staff on a biannual basis, as at 31 March and 30 September each year.
The latest information on the number of police officers and PCSOs in England and Wales covers the situation as at 30 September 2024, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2024
The latest information on the number of neighbourhood police officers covers the situation as at 31 March 2024, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/provisional-revision-to-neighbourhood-policing-data-at-31-march-2024.
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of neighbourhood police officers or PCSOs as at 5 July 2024 or 1 April 2025.
The next release of ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which will cover information on the number of neighbourhood officers and PCSOs in post as at 31 March 2025 is due to be published in July 2025.
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