1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
3. Force data
The total strength figures for police officers and police staff utilised to calculate all pay gap data, including gender representations, is taken as of 31 March 2023 and includes those performing temporary duties.
- police officer headcount - 4,268
- Police staff headcount - 2,576
The gender split is:
Police officers
- female - 34.63%
- male - 65.37%
Police staff
- female - 67.28%
- male - 32.72%
The following tables provide the rank breakdown for police officers, and the grade breakdown for police staff.
Police officers
| Rank | Total male | Total female | Total | % male | % female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief constable | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Deputy chief constable | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Assistant chief constable | 3 | 2 | 5 | 60.00% | 40.00% |
| Chief superintendent | 12 | 4 | 16 | 75.00% | 25.00% |
| Superintendent | 17 | 10 | 27 | 62.96% | 37.04% |
| Chief inspector | 38 | 18 | 56 | 67.86% | 32.14% |
| Inspector | 146 | 50 | 196 | 74.49% | 25.51% |
| Sergeant | 424 | 154 | 578 | 73.36% | 26.64% |
| Constable | 1,911 | 1,002 | 2,913 | 65.60% | 34.40% |
| Total | 2,790 | 1,478 | 4,268 | 65.37% | 34.63% |
The above table shows an overall increase in headcount of 233 (from 4,035) police officers compared to the previous reporting period ending on 31 March 2022. It is worthy of note that the percentage of female officers in the force continues to increase from 33.68% (1,359) to 34.63% (1,478) in the current reporting period.
Police staff
| Range | Total male | Total female | Total | % male | % female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief officer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Range M | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Range L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Range K | 2 | 3 | 5 | 40.00% | 60.00% |
| Range J | 5 | 5 | 10 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Range I | 10 | 10 | 20 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Range H | 26 | 27 | 53 | 49.06% | 50.94% |
| Range G | 55 | 61 | 116 | 47.41% | 52.59% |
| Range F | 107 | 142 | 249 | 42.97% | 57.03% |
| Range E | 166 | 234 | 400 | 41.50% | 58.50% |
| Range D | 122 | 309 | 431 | 28.31% | 71.69% |
| Range C | 198 | 578 | 776 | 25.51% | 74.49% |
| Range B | 49 | 248 | 297 | 16.50% | 83.50% |
| Range A | 30 | 25 | 55 | 54.54% | 45.46% |
| PCSO | 58 | 88 | 146 | 39.73% | 60.27% |
| Total | 843 | 1,733 | 2,576 | 32.72% | 67.28% |
The police staff workforce headcount has decreased by a total of 237 staff (from 2,813) since the previous reporting period ending on 31 March 2022. The headcount of females has decreased from 1,825 to 1,733 but the percentage of female police staff in the force has increased from 64.88% to 67.28% in the current reporting period.
There are no female police staff in chief officer roles although the number of females in grade H has increased by nine, in grade I it has reduced by two, in grade L there is now one female and in grade M there are now two females, which is an increase of one.