PCSO Numbers by Police Force

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1	Police community support officer strength in England & Wales
2	by police force area, FTE
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4		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	FTE change 2015 - 2023	% change 2015 - 2023
5	England
6	Avon & Somerset	331	325	316	325	306	319	379	365	306	-25	-8%
7	Bedfordshire	105	33	46	56	54	50	54	51	37	-68	-65%
8	Cambridgeshire	148	135	136	111	83	73	67	29	26	-122	-82%
9	Cheshire	225	198	178	168	189	168	200	154	139	-86	-38%
10	Cleveland	123	125	125	140	130	95	97	103	87	-36	-29%
11	Cumbria	86	85	89	98	84	71	62	49	51	-35	-41%
12	Derbyshire	163	149	152	161	155	182	189	133	154	-9	-6%
13	Devon & Cornwall	346	347	311	257	211	192	165	159	135	-211	-61%
14	Dorset	163	137	135	123	108	125	128	105	91	-72	-44%
15	Durham	157	150	142	134	148	127	134	131	111	-46	-29%
16	Essex	262	219	96	92	108	112	101	94	94	-168	-64%
17	Gloucestershire	128	118	102	107	113	100	102	106	116	-12	-9%
18	Greater Manchester	804	748	600	646	620	560	558	535	421	-383	-48%
19	Hampshire	302	368	385	334	248	231	237	221	190	-112	-37%
20	Hertfordshire	210	221	219	203	225	200	199	197	160	-50	-24%
21	Humberside	273	220	250	256	224	159	153	145	129	-144	-53%
22	Kent	352	289	287	321	289	320	336	287	136	-216	-61%
23	Lancashire	331	297	275	297	286	234	258	234	195	-136	-41%
24	Leicestershire	234	210	240	239	181	183	180	183	155	-79	-34%
25	Lincolnshire	138	136	105	124	122	97	92	105	79	-59	-43%
26	London, City of	11	15	13	8	6	5	5	4	4	-7	-63%
27	Merseyside	353	292	260	266	251	201	216	196	170	-183	-52%
28	Metropolitan Police	1,787	1,626	1,442	1,316	1,255	1,264	1,264	1,170	1,215	-572	-32%
29	Norfolk	197	171	149	79	-	-	-	-	-
30	Northamptonshire	122	98	181	195	92	92	84	80	73	-49	-40%
31	Northumbria	211	196	87	93	194	204	171	193	147	-64	-30%
32	North Yorkshire	196	185	163	173	183	230	240	202	182	-14	-7%
33	Nottinghamshire	318	214	175	185	177	169	153	143	139	-179	-56%
34	South Yorkshire	314	219	208	221	205	155	134	119	103	-211	-67%
35	Staffordshire	208	220	230	227	225	194	204	197	194	-14	-7%
36	Suffolk	167	108	95	85	41	41	39	36	33	-134	-80%
37	Surrey	123	119	120	106	126	111	140	116	68	-55	-45%
38	Sussex	325	249	180	203	216	294	291	268	241	-84	-26%
39	Thames Valley	459	466	425	368	385	368	366	320	259	-200	-44%
40	Warwickshire	86	87	100	81	79	89	75	65	59	-27	-32%
41	West Mercia	209	221	239	210	227	222	204	203	187	-22	-10%
42	West Midlands	620	506	397	473	419	494	464	432	342	-278	-45%
43	West Yorkshire	625	533	551	611	599	590	544	568	518	-107	-17%
44	Wiltshire	129	115	106	113	141	119	121	111	90	-39	-30%
45	England Total	11,345	10,149	9,312	9,205	8,702	8,441	8,411	7,807	6,838	-4,507	-40%
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47	Wales
48	Dyfed-Powys	147	135	143	145	146	143	139	156	151	4	+3%
49	Gwent	185	151	122	143	115	118	163	173	168	-17	-9%
50	North Wales	243	220	224	232	211	182	185	185	189	-54	-22%
51	South Wales	411	388	413	414	374	364	387	428	461	50	+12%
52	Wales Total	986	894	902	934	845	807	874	943	969		-2%
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54	E&W 43 Forces Total	12,331	11,043	10,213	10,139	9,547	9,248	9,284	8,750	7,807	-4,524	-37%
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57	Note: '-' denotes nil. Figures may not sum due to rounding. Strength figures as at 31 March 2005 onwards include those staff on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.
58	Source: Home Office, Police Workforce: England and Wales, Table H7 (various editions) and Table 3.
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