Police officers (full-time equivalent) during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↓ 11.5%−16,542 officers (FTE)
Police officers (full-time equivalent) fell by 11.5% over the period, from 143,734 officers (FTE) (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to 127,192 (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: 143,734
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: 127,192
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of full-time equivalent police officers in the 43 territorial forces of England and Wales as at 31 March, including officers on career breaks and parental leave and officers seconded in.
Doesn’t measure: Special constables, police staff, PCSOs, British Transport Police, or officers seconded to central services; nor headcount.