Police

This page covers non-personal data relating to police.

• police service strength England and Wales 31 March 2010 (new window) (Excel)
• police service strength England and Wales 31 March 2010 by basic command unit (new window) (Excel)
• police service strength England and Wales statistical bulletin and supplementary tables (Excel) assaults on police officers
• police powers and procedures, England and Wales 2007/08
  Please note: data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for 2006 presented in the bulletin have been revised since they were published in the Ministry of Justice publication, ‘Motoring Offences and Breath Tests Statistics, England and Wales 2006’. Additionally, data on the payment rates for FPNs for 2006 were not a part of the Ministry of Justice bulletin. Supplementary motoring tables for 2006 are also available (2007 data can be found in the main volume).
• firearm certificates in England and Wales 2008/09. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
  Data from police forces in England and Wales about firearm and shotgun certificates issued under the Firearms Acts 1968 and 1997, and registered firearm dealers. 
• firearm certificates in England and Wales 2007/08. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
• Criminal Records Bureau (CRB): performance from all police forces (new window)
• firearm certificates in England and Wales 2007/08. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
• firearm Certificates in England and Wales 2005/06. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
• firearm Certificates, England and Wales 2004/05. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
• firearm Certificates England and Wales 2003/2004. Excel data spreadsheets are also available
• statistics on the police use of firearms in England and Wales 2007/08.  
• Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) Phase 1 (new window). Excel data spreadsheet are also available
  The Tackling Knives Action Programme (TKAP) aimed to reduce the carrying of knives, related homicides and
  serious stabbings among teenagers (aged 13-19) in ten police force areas.

Also available in PDF:

• Independent Police Complaints Commission research and statistics (new window)
• Police Complaints: Statistics for England and Wales
  Statistics on complaints recorded by police forces in England and Wales.
• Police Complaints: Statistics for England and Wales 2009
  Statistics on complaints recorded by police forces in England and Wales. Excel data spreadsheets are also available (new window)
• Deaths during or following police contact statistics for England and Wales (new window)
  Statistics onthe deaths reported on by the IPCC including suicides following release from police custody which were reported to the IPCC.
• Deaths during or following police contact statistics for England and Wales 2009 (new window)
  Statistics onthe deaths reported on by the IPCC including suicides following release from police custody which were reported to the IPCC. Excel data spreadsheets are also available (new window)
• National DNA database quarterly statistics (new window) and Excel data spreadsheets (new window) are also available
  Statistics on subject profiles loaded to the National DNA Database.