Police Negotiating Board: Annual Report 2020/21

Annex D - Background on workforce size

This Annex gives an indication of the size of the workforce for which PNB Scotland has responsibility.

The Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics (published on 6 August 2019) show that there were 17,502 police officers in Scotland as at 30 June 2021. There were approximately:

13,410.88 – Constables

2,512.73 – Sergeants

911.31 – Inspectors

262.856 – Chief Inspectors

177 – Superintendents and Chief Superintendents

14 – Officers in the rank of ACC and above

Of the numbers above, around 32.9% are female and 67.1% male.