Police Negotiating Board: annual report 2021 to 2022

Annex E: Background on workforce size

This Annex gives an indication of the size of the workforce for which PNB Scotland has responsibility.

The Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics (published on 2 August 2022) show that there were 16,562 police officers in Scotland as at 30 June 2022. There were approximately:

• 12,942.26 Constables
• 2,374.49 Sergeants
• 839.59 Inspectors
• 237.80 Chief Inspectors
• 154 Superintendents and Chief Superintendents
• 14 Officers in the rank of ACC and above

Of the numbers above, around 33.15% are female and 66.85% male.