Policing statistics
This collection brings together all documents relating to policing statistics.
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Covers the following statistical series:
- Police workforce
- Police powers and procedures
- Police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000
- Police use of force statistics
- Police use of firearms
- Seizures of drugs
- Firearms and shotgun certificates
- Football-related arrests and banning orders
- Police funding for England and Wales
- Police officer uplift statistics
- Police misconduct
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Regular releases (current)
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Police custody and pre-charge bail, year ending March 2025 Detentions in police custody, strip searches in custody, police pre-charge bail, and detentions over 24 hours in police custody. |
Annual | 09/04/2026 | Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics |
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Police powers and procedures: Roads policing, to December 2024 Quarterly statistics on roadside breath tests for alcohol and fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences, in the 2024 calendar year. |
Annual | 19/03/2026 | Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics |
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Operation of police powers under TACT 2000, to December 2025 Statistics relating to the Terrorism Act 2000, including arrests and outcomes, and stops and searches. |
Quarterly | 12/03/2026 | Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 statistics |
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Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, financial year ending 2025 Figures for seizures of drugs made by local police forces and the UK Border Force. |
Annual | 11/02/2026 | Seizures of drugs in England and Wales statistics |
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Police protest powers, June 2022 to March 2025 Statistics on the use of powers under sections 12, 14 and 14ZA of the Public Order Act 1986 (as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022). |
Annual | 05/02/2026 | Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics |
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Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2025 Statistics on police workforce numbers in the 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police. |
Biannual | 28/01/2026 | Police workforce England and Wales statistics |
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Police misconduct, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2025 Statistics on the number of police complaints, conduct matters and recordable conduct matters. |
Annual | 22/01/2026 | Police misconduct statistics |
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Police use of force statistics, April 2024 to March 2025 (second edition) Statistics on incidents where police officers use force; including type of force, reason, outcome, injuries, and person details (such as age, gender). |
Annual | 20/11/2025 | Police use of force statistics |
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Football-related arrests, banning orders: 2024/25 football season (update) Statistics on football-related arrests, football banning orders, reported incidents at football matches and online hate crime connected to football. |
Annual | 13/11/2025 | Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics |
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Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 Statistics on stop and search, arrests for notifiable offences and detentions under Section 135 and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. |
Annual | 06/11/2025 | Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics |
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Police funding for England and Wales 2015 to 2026 Statistics on police funding levels. |
Annual | 13/08/2025 | Police funding for England and Wales statistics |
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Police use of firearms statistics, April 2024 to March 2025 Statistics on police use of firearms in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025. |
Annual | 24/07/2025 | Police use of firearms statistics |
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Football-related arrests and banning orders: 2024 to 2025 season Statistics on football-related arrests, football banning orders, reported incidents at football matches and online hate crime connected to football. |
Annual | 17/07/2025 | Football-related arrests and banning orders statistics |
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Firearm and shotgun certificates, April 2024 to March 2025 Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997. |
Annual | 19/06/2025 | Firearm certificates in England and Wales statistics |
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Other PACE powers, year ending March 2023 (second edition) Statistics on detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983, detentions in police custody, pre-charge bail, fixed penalty notices for motoring offences and breath tests. |
Annual | 31/01/2024 | Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics |
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Police officer uplift, final position as at March 2023 Statistics on progress with the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers in England and Wales. |
26/07/2023 | Police Officer uplift statistics |
Other miscellaneous releases
Regular releases (discontinued)
| Last release | Date published | Previous editions |
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Police use of TASER ® X26 conducted energy devices statistics, England and Wales: 1 January to 31 December 2016 Annual statistics on the Police use of TASER ® X26 conducted energy devices across England and Wales. |
13/04/2017 | Police use of TASER ® X26 conducted energy devices statistics |
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Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2011 Annual statistics containing the police service strength statistics for the 43 police forces of England and Wales. |
26/01/2012 | Police workforce England and Wales statistics |
Other resources
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The Code of Practice for Statistics sets the standards that producers of official statistics should commit to.
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The Statistics at Home Office page provides links to all Home Office produced statistical publications.
All statistics documents are listed below.