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The Home Office collects and publishes data biannually on the total number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales. These data can be found in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletins.<\/p>
Detailed data on the number of officers by rank is collected and published on an annual basis only. The statistics for each of the four geographic forces in Wales, representing the picture as at 31 March 2016, can be found in Table_H4 accompanying the main release here:<\/p>