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<p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers
employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data
are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication,
which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data
on the number of police officers per 100,000 resident population in the London Region
(including City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police Service), as at 31 March
each year for each of the last five years, are provided in the table below:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Police officers per 100,000 population<sup>1</sup>,
London region<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>London
region<sup>2</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Full-time equivalents</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>As at...</p></td><td> </td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Police
officers</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total officers per 100,000 population<sup>1</sup></p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2014</p></td><td>
</td><td><p>31,678</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>31st
March 2015</p></td><td> </td><td><p>32,991</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2016</p></td><td> </td><td><p>32,827</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2017</p></td><td> </td><td><p>32,202</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2018</p></td><td> </td><td><p>31,088</p></td><td><p>352</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><ol><li>Calculated using
Office for National Statistics’ mid-year population estimates for England and Wales.</li></ol></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><ol start="2"><li>Includes
City of London and the Metropolitan Police Service.</li></ol></td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>
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