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Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : May 2024 edition

Published
30 May 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +4 more … Chief Statistician, Director of Justice, Lord Advocate, Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +2 more … Children and Families Directorate, Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN
9781836013617

the report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities statistics. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

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Summary statistics on policing

* New * There were 16,356 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in Scotland on 31 March 2024. This was 122 (+0.7%) more officers compared to the position on 31 March 2007, but 259 (-1.6%) less than on 31 March 2023.

Number of police officers (FTE) (000s)
Number of police officers (full-time equivalent) since 2006. Quarterly number of police officers (full-time equivalent), quarter 1 2006 to quarter 1 2022. Last updated May 2022. Next update due August 2022.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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