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Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : March 2024

Published: 28 March 2024
From: Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +3 more … Chief Statistician, Director-General Education and Justice, Lord Advocate
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: 9781836011354

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

Supporting documents

Summary statistics on policing

There were 16,363 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in Scotland on 31 December 2023. This was 129 (+0.8%) more officers compared to the position on 31 March 2007, but 282 (-1.7%) less than on 31 December 2022.

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.

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Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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