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Publication - Statistics

Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland, 31 December 2011

Published
6 March 2012
ISBN
9781780456652

Statistics on numbers of police officers employed by Scottish police forces. Figures broken down by police force and deployment.

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Table 2: Number of Police Officers1 (FTE2) in Scotland by Police Force, 2005 - 2011

Quarter3

Central Scotland Police

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary

Fife Constabulary

Grampian Police

Lothian and Borders Police

Northern Constabulary

Strathclyde Police

Tayside Police

Scotland4

Q1 2005

832

480

996

1,354

2,803

702

7,668

1,166

16,001

Q2 2005

824

481

1,005

1,382

2,793

710

7,679

1,163

16,036

Q3 2005

830

477

1,001

1,372

2,808

709

7,703

1,164

16,063

Q4 2005

827

496

1,022

1,368

2,823

704

7,769

1,155

16,164

Q1 2006

826

505

1,037

1,352

2,818

699

7,767

1,159

16,164

Q2 2006

825

497

1,041

1,351

2,813

698

7,788

1,156

16,168

Q3 2006

821

500

1,036

1,407

2,791

716

7,770

1,175

16,217

Q4 2006

821

496

1,035

1,400

2,783

697

7,782

1,173

16,186

Q1 2007

828

497

1,059

1,374

2,793

707

7,822

1,154

16,234

Q2 2007

825

496

1,057

1,410

2,799

707

7,804

1,167

16,265

Q3 2007

826

499

1,064

1,418

2,809

719

7,800

1,172

16,306

Q4 2007

815

502

1,059

1,440

2,829

713

7,735

1,174

16,267

Q1 2008

833

510

1,061

1,470

2,836

724

7,619

1,169

16,222

Q2 2008

836

516

1,058

1,466

2,868

732

7,687

1,175

16,339

Q3 2008

852

518

1,063

1,473

2,869

742

7,824

1,185

16,526

Q4 2008

836

517

1,066

1,483

2,891

747

7,955

1,180

16,675

Q1 2009

842

519

1,074

1,513

2,928

772

8,204

1,197

17,048

Q2 2009

840

517

1,078

1,532

2,954

777

8,390

1,191

17,278

Q3 2009

820

519

1,074

1,549

2,961

784

8,303

1,208

17,217

Q4 2009

834

513

1,071

1,545

2,979

793

8,331

1,208

17,273

Q1 2010

865

508

1,077

1,550

3,009

798

8,391

1,210

17,409

Q2 2010

853

511

1,082

1,557

3,007

785

8,410

1,220

17,424

Q3 2010

846

507

1,082

1,546

2,990

792

8,382

1,225

17,371

Q4 2010

832

503

1,070

1,519

2,953

787

8,337

1,217

17,217

Q1 2011

871

503

1,107

1,516

2,959

782

8,290

1,236

17,263

Q2 2011

875

508

1,112

1,493

2,926

777

8,417

1,230

17,339

Q3 2011

872

507

1,105

1,468

2,912

777

8,404

1,219

17,265

Q4 2011

875

511

1,105

1,468

2,970

768

8,411

1,236

17,343

1. Figures include all police officers employed by a force, including those on SPC training, secondment, central service, long-term sick leave and maternity/adoption leave, but excluding those on career breaks.
2. All figures are expressed in terms of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers, rounded to the nearest whole number.
3. Figures are as the end of the respective quarter: Q1 - 31 March, Q2 - 30 June, Q3 - 30 September, Q4 - 31 December.
4. Scotland totals may not equal the sum of their parts due to rounding.

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Email: Martin Devine

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