Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength, population, net gain or loss from hirings and departures, police officers eligible to retire and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for municipal police services, 2000 to 2023.

The average strength of police forces between 2012 and 2016 was the highest in the north-eastern state of Nagaland at 102 percent of the sanctioned capacity. The state of Maharashtra came second, functioning at over 93 percent of its sanctioned capacity in terms of police personnel. Overall, the police force in India worked at just about 77 percent of its required capacity during the measured time.

London's Metropolitan Police is by far the largest police force in the United Kingdom with 34,315 officers in 2024. At 16,356 officers, the Scottish police force has the second-largest force in terms of officer numbers, followed by Greater Manchester police force, which had 8,141 officers that year. Although the Metropolitan Police are responsible for policing most of Greater London, the City of London Police force covers the historic center of London, which is around one square mile in size, and numbered 995 officers in 2024. Crime in the UK In 2023/24 there were approximately 6.66 million crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, compared with 6.74 million in 2022/23, which was the highest number of crimes recorded in a reporting year since 2002/03. Although crime declined from the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s, there has been a noticeable increase in crimes from 2014/15 onwards. In terms of the crime rate, England and Wales had the highest in the United Kingdom, at 89.7 offences per one thousand people, compared with 55 in Scotland, and 52.3 in Northern Ireland. Cuts to policing reversed in recent years Between 2010 and 2017, the number of police officers in the UK fell from 172,000 officers to just 150,000. During this same period, the London Metropolitan Police saw officer numbers decline by around 2,000 officers. The fall in police personnel was a result of UK-wide funding cuts, during this time period, with police expenditure falling from 19.3 billion in 2009/10 to 16.35 billion by 2013/14. This policy has since been reversed, with the last UK government recruiting officers and generally spending more on the police service. As of 2024, there were 170,500 police officers in the UK, and government expenditure on the police service was 27.3 billion British pounds.

The dataset contains year- and state-wise data on the the actual strength of women police and their percentage share in the total police force. The total women police includes police in civil, district and armed forces

Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police-civilian ratio, police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for Canada, provinces, territories and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs, 1986 to 2023.

The average strength of police constables between 2012 and 2016 was the highest in the north-eastern state of Nagaland at over *** percent of the sanctioned capacity. Uttar Pradesh had the lowest capacity at just over ** percent. Police constables are the lower ranking police in the country and are recruited by the state police force. Overall, the police force in India worked at just about ** percent of its required capacity during the measured time.

Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength, population, net gain or loss from hirings and departures, police officers eligible to retire and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for municipal police services, 2000 to 2023.

This statistic shows the rate of police strength in selected countries in 2012. In 2012, Belgium had a police strength of 339.3 police officers per 100,000 population.

How many police officers are there in the U.S.? In 2023, there were 720,652 full-time law enforcement officers employed in the United States, an increase from 708,001 the previous year. Within the provided time period, the number of full-time law enforcement officers was lowest in 2013, with 626,942 officers. Employment in law enforcement According to the source, law enforcement officers are defined as those individuals who regularly carry a firearm and an official badge on their person, have full powers of arrest, and whose salaries are paid from federal funds set aside specifically for sworn law enforcement. Law enforcement, particularly when it comes to officers, is a male-dominated field. Law enforcement employees can either be officers or civilians, and federal law enforcement agencies cover a wide area of jurisdictions -- from the National Park Service to the FBI.
Police in the United States The police in the United States have come under fire over the past few years for accusations of use of unnecessary force and for the number of people who are shot to death by police in the U.S. Police officers in the United States are regularly armed, and in comparison, 19 countries, including Iceland, New Zealand, and Ireland, do not regularly arm their police forces.

Data in table tells us about the year-wise number of cognizable crime under IPC and strength of police force. Various categories mentioned are- Actual strength of Police Force - Armed, Actual strength of Police Force - Civil, Actual strength of Police Force - Total, No of IPC Cases per Civil Policemen, No of Policemen per 100 Sq.Km of Area, No of Policemen per 1000 Population and Total Number of IPC Cases for Investigation including pending Cases from previous year. Data is from all India from 2001-2014.

Note: Data on Police Organization in India (As on January 1, 2014)

This publication presents statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which give the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by the eight Scottish police forces.

Source agency: Scottish Government

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics, Scotland

Statistics on police strength for the 43 police forces of England and Wales and for the British Transport Police. From July 2013, 'Police Service Strength, England and Wales' has been re-titled 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' in order to reflect more fairly the content of the release, and to coincide with its re-formatting to web based pages. Source agency: Home Office Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Police service strength, England and Wales

The dataset contains year-wise sanctioned and actual strength of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), categorized by their types such as Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Security Guard (NSG), Railway Protection Force (RPSF to RPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), National Security Guards (NSG).

This dataset contains the details about the strength of Female Police Officers in India under different police organisations such as Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Central Armed Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, District Police, Central Reserve Police Force among others.

The first publication of Police Officer Quarterly Strength statistics as Official Statistics was on 2 December 2008. Prior to this publication, figures were collated by the Scottish Government and released through responses to Parliamentary Questions and by depositing the figures in the Scottish Parliamentary Library. The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 created Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), which came into being on 1 April 2013. The statistics in this release are based upon quarterly returns made by Police Scotland to the Scottish Government, and are a by-product of administrative processes, generated directly from the HR systems. The published police officer figures are sourced from Police Scotland’s personnel records and as such the quality and reliability is good. Figures include all police officers appointed by the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and senior police officers appointed by the Scottish Police Authority, excluding those on career breaks. Deployment of police officers is a matter for the Chief Constable of Police Scotland. The following definitions apply to police officers in Scotland. These statistics include all officers deployed with the 13 local policing divisions, specialist and operational support, central functions, officers undertaking Scottish Police College training, long-term sick leave and maternity/adoption leave, officers at ports and airports paid either wholly or partially by the port/airport authority. Additional officers either wholly or partially funded by the local authority or an external body, and all officers otherwise seconded to Scottish Government, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS), Scottish Police Authority and elsewhere. These figures do not include police officers employed in Scotland by the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police or the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. Police Scotland publish a geographical break down of police officers on the Police Scotland website. Further information on Crime and Justice statistics within Scotland can be accessed on the Scottish Government website.

Police officer strength and officers per 100,000 population by Basic Command Unit.

Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength, population, net gain or loss from hirings and departures, police officers eligible to retire and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for municipal police services, 2000 to 2023.