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User guide to police workforce statistics

Provides a glossary, conventions used and other background information for the police workforce releases.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 18 July 2013
• Last updated: 22 July 2026
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  1. 22 July 2026

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2026'.

  2. 28 January 2026

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2025'.

  3. 23 July 2025

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2025'.

  4. 24 July 2024

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2024'.

  5. 24 January 2024

     Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2023'.

  6. 26 July 2023

     Updated to accompany ‘Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2023’.

  7. 26 October 2022

     Updated to accompany ‘Police officer, uplift quarterly update to September 2022’.

  8. 27 July 2022

     Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2022'.

  9. 28 July 2021

     Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2021'. PDF version of the guide retired.

  10. 30 July 2020

      Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2020'.

  11. 18 July 2019

      Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2019'.

  12. 19 July 2018

      Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2018'

  13. 25 January 2018

      Updated tp accompany publication of Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2017

  14. 20 July 2017

      Updated to accompany 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31March 2017'.

  15. 26 January 2017

      Updated to accompany ‘Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2016’.

  16. 21 July 2016

      Updated to accompany ‘Police workforce, England and Wales: 31March 2016

  17. 28 January 2016

      Updated to accompany ‘Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2015’.

  18. 16 July 2015

      Updated version to accompany the publication of 'Police Workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2015'.

  19. 29 January 2015

      Updated version to accompany the publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2014'.

  20. 17 July 2014

      Updated to accompany publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2014'.

  21. 29 January 2014

      Updated to accompany the publication of 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2013'.

  22. 18 July 2013

      First published.

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This user guide is a useful reference guide for the police workforce releases.