Merseyside Police — Workforce
Headcount and density for Merseyside Police. Home Office Police Workforce Statistics, OGL v3.
Officers
4,050
Police staff
1,650
Total headcount
5,700
Home Office latest FTE
4,172
Officer full-time-equivalent count as at the latest Home Office reporting date (September 2025). This is the definitive government-published figure for warranted officers only (excludes staff, PCSOs and specials). Data refreshed on 2026-07-01.
Source table: gov.uk workforce ODS
Density
399 per 100,000 residents
Merseyside Police polices a population of 1,430,000 across approximately 249 square miles.
Notes
The figures above are the in-force headcount reported by the Home Office at the latest published cut. They include warranted officers (constable through chief constable) and police staff (intelligence analysts, CSIs, custody detention officers, control room operators, back-office roles). Specials and PCSOs are reported separately by some forces; we aggregate from the official table.
Force-by-force comparisons live on /accountability/workforce-by-force.
Source: Home Office Police Workforce Statistics as of 31 March 2025.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0