The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The latest police community support officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>
The number of police community support officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:<\/p>
Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), England and Wales<\/strong> Force<\/strong><\/p><\/td> FTE<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Avon & Somerset<\/p><\/td> 315<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 187<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 191<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 188<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 129<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed-Powys<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 104<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 105<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 552<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 131<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 214<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 195<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> 166<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 326<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 267<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> 190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 94<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London, City of<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Metropolitan Police<\/p><\/td> 1,260<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> -00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 175<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 233<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 88<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> 178<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 160<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> 352<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 138<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 219<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> 275<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> 283<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 83<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> 217<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 467<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 576<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 125<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 9,115 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> While the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics<\/p>"}
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