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Crime and justice

Neighbourhood police

On track
20,989officers and PCSOs in neighbourhood roles, 31 Mar 2026

+3,814 on a year earlier

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Pledge: +13,000 by 31 Mar 2029, from 17,175 on 31 Mar 2025. The straight path needed 20,423 by now.

What it means: full-time-equivalent police officers and police community support officers working in neighbourhood policing in England and Wales, as counted under the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. It does not show the total size of the police.

Source: Home Office, police workforce, neighbourhood policing table NHP6.