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<p>The attached tablecontains statistics on the number of full-time equivalent police
community support officers in each police force area in England and Wales as at 31
March 2010 to 31 March 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of
full-time equivalent<sup>1</sup> police community support officers by police force
area, England and Wales, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015<sup>2</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>31-Mar-10</td><td>31-Mar-11</td><td>31-Mar-12</td><td>31-Mar-13</td><td>31-Mar-14</td><td>31-Mar-15</td></tr><tr><td>Avon
& Somerset</td><td>430</td><td>416</td><td>365</td><td>356</td><td>334</td><td>331</td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire</td><td>116</td><td>125</td><td>112</td><td>94</td><td>96</td><td>105</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridgeshire</td><td>209</td><td>200</td><td>193</td><td>174</td><td>141</td><td>148</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>237</td><td>221</td><td>218</td><td>208</td><td>190</td><td>225</td></tr><tr><td>Cleveland</td><td>193</td><td>178</td><td>167</td><td>161</td><td>150</td><td>123</td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td>111</td><td>104</td><td>102</td><td>76</td><td>83</td><td>86</td></tr><tr><td>Derbyshire</td><td>181</td><td>177</td><td>171</td><td>183</td><td>160</td><td>163</td></tr><tr><td>Devon
& Cornwall</td><td>363</td><td>353</td><td>357</td><td>421</td><td>382</td><td>346</td></tr><tr><td>Dorset</td><td>164</td><td>164</td><td>153</td><td>140</td><td>154</td><td>163</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>175</td><td>174</td><td>173</td><td>171</td><td>152</td><td>157</td></tr><tr><td>Dyfed-Powys</td><td>83</td><td>80</td><td>97</td><td>143</td><td>150</td><td>147</td></tr><tr><td>Essex</td><td>445</td><td>404</td><td>380</td><td>331</td><td>298</td><td>262</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucestershire</td><td>148</td><td>139</td><td>132</td><td>138</td><td>118</td><td>128</td></tr><tr><td>Greater
Manchester</td><td>842</td><td>837</td><td>818</td><td>793</td><td>789</td><td>804</td></tr><tr><td>Gwent</td><td>143</td><td>142</td><td>191</td><td>234</td><td>206</td><td>185</td></tr><tr><td>Hampshire</td><td>347</td><td>344</td><td>340</td><td>341</td><td>323</td><td>302</td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire</td><td>262</td><td>252</td><td>257</td><td>238</td><td>190</td><td>210</td></tr><tr><td>Humberside</td><td>317</td><td>309</td><td>290</td><td>298</td><td>294</td><td>273</td></tr><tr><td>Kent</td><td>387</td><td>364</td><td>333</td><td>297</td><td>345</td><td>352</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td>428</td><td>386</td><td>411</td><td>368</td><td>301</td><td>331</td></tr><tr><td>Leicestershire</td><td>233</td><td>232</td><td>236</td><td>222</td><td>235</td><td>234</td></tr><tr><td>Lincolnshire</td><td>149</td><td>144</td><td>152</td><td>151</td><td>145</td><td>138</td></tr><tr><td>London,
City of</td><td>52</td><td>44</td><td>38</td><td>39</td><td>12</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td>468</td><td>440</td><td>426</td><td>378</td><td>316</td><td>353</td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan
Police</td><td>4,645</td><td>4,009</td><td>2,760</td><td>2,684</td><td>2,087</td><td>1,787</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk</td><td>275</td><td>264</td><td>254</td><td>250</td><td>247</td><td>197</td></tr><tr><td>Northamptonshire</td><td>164</td><td>166</td><td>161</td><td>127</td><td>134</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td>Northumbria</td><td>438</td><td>433</td><td>424</td><td>391</td><td>234</td><td>211</td></tr><tr><td>North
Wales</td><td>157</td><td>159</td><td>219</td><td>262</td><td>267</td><td>243</td></tr><tr><td>North
Yorkshire</td><td>198</td><td>182</td><td>186</td><td>173</td><td>185</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>Nottinghamshire</td><td>268</td><td>273</td><td>264</td><td>300</td><td>332</td><td>318</td></tr><tr><td>South
Wales</td><td>335</td><td>304</td><td>308</td><td>430</td><td>477</td><td>411</td></tr><tr><td>South
Yorkshire</td><td>328</td><td>311</td><td>290</td><td>335</td><td>334</td><td>314</td></tr><tr><td>Staffordshire</td><td>237</td><td>228</td><td>209</td><td>213</td><td>215</td><td>208</td></tr><tr><td>Suffolk</td><td>173</td><td>162</td><td>164</td><td>163</td><td>181</td><td>167</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey</td><td>224</td><td>229</td><td>228</td><td>210</td><td>153</td><td>123</td></tr><tr><td>Sussex</td><td>377</td><td>351</td><td>335</td><td>358</td><td>349</td><td>325</td></tr><tr><td>Thames
Valley</td><td>500</td><td>506</td><td>508</td><td>483</td><td>485</td><td>459</td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire</td><td>138</td><td>136</td><td>109</td><td>113</td><td>95</td><td>86</td></tr><tr><td>West
Mercia</td><td>279</td><td>273</td><td>271</td><td>248</td><td>237</td><td>209</td></tr><tr><td>West
Midlands</td><td>811</td><td>758</td><td>711</td><td>681</td><td>676</td><td>620</td></tr><tr><td>West
Yorkshire</td><td>763</td><td>713</td><td>728</td><td>689</td><td>679</td><td>625</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire</td><td>126</td><td>133</td><td>152</td><td>140</td><td>132</td><td>129</td></tr><tr><td><strong>England
and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>16,918</strong></td><td><strong>15,820</strong></td><td><strong>14,393</strong></td><td><strong>14,205</strong></td><td><strong>13,066</strong></td><td><strong>12,331</strong></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7">1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented
to the nearest whole number but are actually provided unrounded.</td></tr><tr><td
colspan="7">2. These figures are published in the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales'
statistical releases: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.</td></tr></tbody></table><br
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