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<p>The retirement age for police officers depends on their pension scheme. Members
of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme can take their pension after thirty years of service.
This means that someone joining the scheme at 18 can retire at age 48. The 2006 scheme
members’ pension age is 55. And for the 2015 scheme it is 60 years with the option
to take it from 55 with actuarial reduction.</p><p>The Home Office publishes information
on the number of police officers who retire, by Police Force Area, in the annual “Police
workforce, England and Wales” statistical bulletin. The latest release was published
on 19<sup>th</sup> July, and can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p><p>Table
JL4 of the accompanying data tables (see attached) shows the number of police officers
who retired in 2017/18.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on the age
of officers, which is grouped into the following categories: Under 26, 26 to 40 years
old, 41 to 55 years old, and Over 55 years old. The exact age of the officer is not
collected.</p><p>Table D5 of the accompanying data tables at the link above shows
the number of officers in each of the four age groups, by rank.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table
D5 Age of police officers<sup>1</sup>, by rank, as at 31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Rank</p></td><td
colspan="4"><p>Age group</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under
26</p></td><td><p>26 to 40</p></td><td><p>41 to 55</p></td><td><p>Over 55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Constable</p></td><td><p>7,207</p></td><td><p>50,968</p></td><td><p>38,330</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p><strong>97,772</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,805</p></td><td><p>11,575</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p><strong>18,693</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inspector</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p><strong>5,628</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief
Inspector</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>1,348</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p><strong>1,603</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>785</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>893</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief
Superintendent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chief
Officer</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All
Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,713</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>125,093</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
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</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><ol><li>Excludes
British Transport Police and officers seconded out to central services (e.g. the Home
Office, the National Crime Agency).</li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>.</p>
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