Year to March 2026
Police forces in England and Wales compared
England and Wales has 43 local police forces. This table compares 42 of them on crime, charging, officer numbers and court backlogs. City of London Police and British Transport Police are not shown, because their figures cannot be compared fairly with forces that police a resident population. Choose a force to see its full page.
| Police force | Crimes per 1,000 people | Charge rate | Officers per 1,000 people | Crown Court cases waiting per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 84.7 | 8.6% | 2.36 | 1.30 |
| Avon and Somerset | 96.7 | 6.5% | 1.88 | 0.90 |
| Bedfordshire | 68.6 | 7.6% | 1.96 | 1.35 |
| Cambridgeshire | 74.3 | 9.3% | 1.83 | 0.89 |
| Cheshire | 67.6 | 13.9% | 2.12 | 0.83 |
| Cleveland | 123.4 | 11.5% | 2.50 | 2.59 |
| Cumbria | 71.0 | 11.0% | 2.77 | 0.91 |
| Derbyshire | 78.3 | 9.4% | 1.93 | 1.01 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 66.5 | 6.1% | 1.98 | 0.80 |
| Dorset | 58.9 | 9.0% | 1.83 | 0.89 |
| Durham | 91.6 | 10.5% | 2.16 | 0.77 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 68.4 | 7.4% | 2.54 | 0.90 |
| Essex | 74.2 | 10.3% | 1.95 | 1.25 |
| Gloucestershire | 67.3 | 5.3% | 2.02 | 0.64 |
| Greater Manchester | 103.7 | 9.2% | 2.74 | 1.60 |
| Gwent | 94.7 | 6.9% | 2.58 | 0.90 |
| Hampshire | 73.6 | 8.2% | 1.66 | 0.84 |
| Hertfordshire | 68.1 | 6.8% | 1.93 | 0.82 |
| Humberside | 96.4 | 10.2% | 2.40 | 0.86 |
| Kent | 79.8 | 9.2% | 2.16 | 1.45 |
| Lancashire | 80.2 | 10.1% | 2.25 | 1.17 |
| Leicestershire | 76.4 | 8.9% | 1.95 | 1.21 |
| Lincolnshire | 68.0 | 9.9% | 1.52 | 0.52 |
| Merseyside | 93.5 | 10.7% | 2.82 | 1.19 |
| Metropolitan Police | 101.1 | 6.2% | 3.47 | 2.23 |
| Norfolk | 61.5 | 12.3% | 2.02 | 1.30 |
| North Wales | 75.2 | 10.9% | 2.50 | 0.90 |
| North Yorkshire | 52.1 | 11.0% | 1.99 | 0.50 |
| Northamptonshire | 70.4 | 8.8% | 1.83 | 1.08 |
| Northumbria | 90.3 | 9.9% | 2.60 | 1.33 |
| Nottinghamshire | 85.4 | 11.1% | 2.00 | 1.55 |
| South Wales | 78.4 | 12.5% | 2.59 | 0.90 |
| South Yorkshire | 101.6 | 8.7% | 2.11 | 1.29 |
| Staffordshire | 75.1 | 8.9% | 1.74 | 1.39 |
| Suffolk | 56.1 | 10.1% | 1.82 | 1.16 |
| Surrey | 59.4 | 8.0% | 1.89 | 1.01 |
| Sussex | 74.0 | 8.7% | 1.85 | 0.80 |
| Thames Valley | 64.1 | 7.3% | 1.93 | 1.03 |
| Warwickshire | 62.6 | 7.0% | 1.80 | 1.78 |
| West Mercia | 59.6 | 9.9% | 1.87 | 1.23 |
| West Midlands | 99.1 | 9.2% | 2.69 | 1.44 |
| West Yorkshire | 107.9 | 8.3% | 2.55 | 1.55 |
| Wiltshire | 56.1 | 7.8% | 1.60 | 0.55 |
Court figures for the four Welsh forces are for Wales as a whole, and the Metropolitan Police figure covers all of London, because their courts serve more than one force area.
Where these figures come from
- Crime outcomes and charge rates: Home Office, Crime outcomes in England and Wales, open data. Excludes fraud.
- Crime rates: Office for National Statistics, police force area tables.
- Officer numbers: Home Office, Police workforce, England and Wales, full-time equivalent at 31 March.
- Court cases: Ministry of Justice, Criminal court statistics, by police force area of the court.
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