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Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland, 31 December 2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today published the latest quarterly figures on the number of police officers employed by Scottish Forces. The main findings are:
- There were 16,675 police officers (full-time equivalent) in Scotland on 31 December 2008, the highest level ever recorded.
- This total includes 16,125 police officers deployed in the eight Scottish Police Forces (including Additional Regular Police), and 551 on secondment or central service.
- Police officer numbers have increased by 149 full-time equivalent ( FTE) officers (+0.9%) in the last quarter, from 30 September 2008, and by 409 (+2.5%) in the last year, from 31 December 2007.
Chart 1: Police Officer Strength in Scotland, 2003-08
Table 1 - Number of Police Officers (Full-time Equivalent) in Scotland 1 by Police Force and Deployment, 31 December 2008
Deployment 3 | Central Scotland Police | Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | Fife Constabulary | Grampian Police | Lothian and Borders Police | Northern Constabulary | Strathclyde Police | Tayside Police | Scotland 2 |
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Police Officers in force | 800 | 457 | 1,037 | 1,423 | 2,735 | 738 | 7,633 | 1,135 | 15,958 |
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Additional Regular Police | 5 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 47 | 15 | 166 |
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Central Service | 2 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 117 | 4 | 191 |
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SCDEA/ SPSA | 24 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 60 | 6 | 158 | 24 | 319 |
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Secondments | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
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Total 2 | 836 | 517 | 1,066 | 1,483 | 2,891 | 747 | 7,955 | 1,180 | 16,675 |
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1. All figures are expressed in terms of full-time equivalent ( FTE) police officers, rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Scotland and force totals may not equal the sum of the parts due to rounding.
3. For definitions of the deployment categories, see Note 2 below
Table 2 - Number of Police Officers (Full-time Equivalent) in Scotland 1,2 by Police Force, 2003-08
Quarter 3,4 | Central Scotland Police | Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | Fife Constabulary | Grampian Police | Lothian and Borders Police | Northern Constabulary | Strathclyde Police | Tayside Police | Scotland 5 |
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Q3 2003 | 745 | 481 | 945 | 1,280 | 2,708 | 671 | 7,404 | 1,151 | 15,385 |
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Q4 2003 | 756 | 486 | 956 | 1,311 | 2,717 | 676 | 7,431 | 1,150 | 15,483 |
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Q1 2004 | 760 | 489 | 980 | 1,338 | 2,748 | 683 | 7,430 | 1,156 | 15,583 |
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Q2 2004 | 765 | 480 | 986 | 1,353 | 2,766 | 698 | 7,517 | 1,148 | 15,714 |
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Q3 2004 | 777 | 474 | 988 | 1,358 | 2,771 | 692 | 7,527 | 1,154 | 15,741 |
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Q4 2004 | 795 | 478 | 987 | 1,373 | 2,785 | 705 | 7,615 | 1,169 | 15,908 |
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Q1 2005 | 832 | 480 | 996 | 1,354 | 2,803 | 702 | 7,668 | 1,166 | 16,001 |
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Q2 2005 | 824 | 481 | 1,005 | 1,382 | 2,793 | 710 | 7,679 | 1,163 | 16,036 |
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Q3 2005 | 830 | 477 | 1,001 | 1,372 | 2,808 | 709 | 7,703 | 1,164 | 16,063 |
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Q4 2005 | 827 | 496 | 1,022 | 1,368 | 2,823 | 704 | 7,769 | 1,155 | 16,164 |
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Q1 2006 | 883 | 505 | 1,037 | 1,352 | 2,818 | 699 | 7,767 | 1,159 | 16,221 |
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Q2 2006 | 883 | 497 | 1,041 | 1,351 | 2,813 | 698 | 7,788 | 1,156 | 16,226 |
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Q3 2006 | 865 | 500 | 1,036 | 1,407 | 2,791 | 716 | 7,770 | 1,175 | 16,261 |
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Q4 2006 | 865 | 496 | 1,035 | 1,400 | 2,783 | 697 | 7,782 | 1,173 | 16,230 |
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Q1 2007 | 828 | 497 | 1,059 | 1,374 | 2,793 | 707 | 7,822 | 1,154 | 16,234 |
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Q2 2007 | 825 | 496 | 1,057 | 1,410 | 2,799 | 707 | 7,804 | 1,167 | 16,265 |
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Q3 2007 | 826 | 499 | 1,064 | 1,418 | 2,809 | 719 | 7,800 | 1,172 | 16,306 |
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Q4 2007 | 815 | 502 | 1,059 | 1,440 | 2,829 | 713 | 7,735 | 1,174 | 16,267 |
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Q1 2008 | 832 | 510 | 1,061 | 1,470 | 2,836 | 724 | 7,619 | 1,169 | 16,221 |
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Q2 2008 | 836 | 516 | 1,058 | 1,466 | 2,868 | 732 | 7,687 | 1,175 | 16,339 |
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Q3 2008 | 852 | 518 | 1,063 | 1,473 | 2,869 | 742 | 7,824 | 1,185 | 16,526 |
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Q4 2008 | 836 | 517 | 1,066 | 1,483 | 2,891 | 747 | 7,955 | 1,180 | 16,675 |
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1. All figures are expressed in terms of full-time equivalent ( FTE) police officers, rounded to the nearest whole number.
2. Figures include all police officers employed by the force, including those on SPC training, secondment, central service, long-term sick leave and maternity/adoption leave, but excluding those on career breaks.
3. Figures are as at the end of the respective quarter - Q1 = 31 March, Q2 = 30 June, Q3 = 30 September and Q4 = 31 December.
4. Full-time equivalent figures have only been available from September 2003.
5. Scotland totals may not equal the sum of the parts due to rounding.
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