{"metric":"police_officers_fte","title":"Police officers (full-time equivalent)","topic":"crime","unit":"officers (FTE)","measure_type":"stock","geography":"K04000001","comparison_method":"year_on_year","latest":{"period_start":"2025-04-01","period_end":"2026-03-31","period_label":"Year ending March 2026","value":145885.69079750002,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-07-22"},"comparison":{"period_label":"Year ending March 2025","value":146451.58926750004,"vintage":"2026-07-22"},"source":{"publisher":"Home Office","publication":"Police workforce, England and Wales","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales","sheet":"Table_H3","table":"Table H3","row":"2026-03-31","column":"Total officers(FTE)","raw_value":"145885.69079750002","file_url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a58d9ab60a6e36813cb4305/police-workforce-mar26-tables-220726.ods","file_sha256":"03a63dea0f8dd2cb21fa4cae5e940afc8747aae9a3b028e50a724ae1ba80b396","release_date":"2026-07-22","release_label":"As at 31 March 2026"},"definition":"The number of full-time equivalent police officers in the 43 territorial forces of England and Wales as at 31 March, including officers on career breaks and parental leave and officers seconded in.","does_not_measure":"Special constables, police staff, PCSOs, British Transport Police, or officers seconded to central services; nor headcount.","links":{"page":"/crime/police-officers","series":"/api/metrics/police_officers_fte/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/police_officers_fte/vintages"}}