Rural Crime Team Size FOI

	A	B	C	D	E	F
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2	RURAL CRIME TEAM SIZE BY POLICE FORCE
3	All data in Columns B - D from FOI responses
4	Data in Column E from Table 1 and Table 2, Home Office, Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2023
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7	Police Force	2023 (FTE)	2022 (FTE)	2021 (FTE)	Police Workforce Strength, 2023 (police officers, staff & designated officers)	Proportion of overall workforce, 2023 (percentage)
8	Avon & Somerset	4	4	3	6008	0.07%
9	Bedfordshire	10.89	6.89	6.89	2558	0.43%
10	Cambridgeshire	11	11	11	2582	0.43%
11	Cleveland	3	3	3	2354	0.13%
12	Cheshire	6	10.76	8.76	3883	0.15%
13	City of London	0	0	0	1498	0.00%
14	Cumbria	5	0	0	2012	0.25%
15	Devon & Cornwall	3	3	3.9	5618	0.05%
16	Dorset	10	10	4	2593	0.39%
17	Durham	0	0	0	2302	0.00%
18	Dyfed-Powys	5	5	5	2077	0.24%
19	Essex	11	12	11	5852	0.19%
20	Gloucestershire	4	0	0	2172	0.18%
21	Gwent	3.61	3.86	3.86	2333	0.15%
22	Hertfordshire	6	5	8	3884	0.15%
23	Humberside	8	6	5	3508	0.23%
24	Kent	26	26	22.5	6428	0.40%
25	Lancashire	33	20	20	5685	0.58%
26	Leicestershire	8	8	3	3739	0.21%
27	Lincolnshire	0	9	9	2092	0.00%
28	Merseyside	6	0	0	6390	0.09%
29	Norfolk	0	0	0	3220	0.00%
30	North Wales	9	9	8	2828	0.32%
31	North Yorkshire	15.09	16.59	15.52	2791	0.54%
32	Northamptonshire	6.35	6.7	6.73	2439	0.26%
33	Northumbria	18	16	17	5774	0.31%
34	Nottinghamshire	0	0	0	3744	0.00%
35	South Yorkshire	0	0	0	5206	0.00%
36	Staffordshire	0	0	0	3418	0.00%
37	Suffolk	3.8	2.7	2.9	2333	0.16%
38	Surrey	3	2	2	3970	0.08%
39	Sussex	12.88	13.88	13.88	5280	0.24%
40	Thames Valley	14	17	5	8257	0.17%
41	Warwickshire	8	10	10	1863	0.43%
42	West Midlands	0	0	0	11612	0.00%
43	West Yorkshire	0	0	0	9875	0.00%
44	Wiltshire	4.5	5.5	3.5	2213	0.20%
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46	TOTAL	258.12	242.88	212.44	150391	0.2%
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48	Derbyshire	Chased
49	Hampshire	Refused
50	Greater Manchester	Refused
51	Metropolitan	Refused
52	South Wales	Chased
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