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<p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of serious crime detectives
centrally.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the primary
roles performed by officers in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area,
in the annual 'Police workforce, England and Wales' statistical bulletin, the latest
of which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017</a></p><p>However,
these data relate to all officers and detectives cannot be separately identified from
other officers. Furthermore, data for years prior to 2015 were collected under a different
framework and are therefore not comparable to more recent years.</p><p>The latest
available data, which covers the situation as at 31 March 2018, can be found in Table
F1 of the data tables accompanying the main release. Police workers with multiple
responsibilities are recorded under their primary function, for example ‘Serious &
Organised Crime Units’. Figures are presented on a full-time equivalent basis.</p><p>The
next available data, covering the picture as at 31 March 2019, is sched-uled for publication
on 18 July, and will be available here:<br><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>
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