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Northumbria Police — Workforce

Headcount and density for Northumbria Police. Home Office Police Workforce Statistics, OGL v3.

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Officers

3,700

Police staff

1,600

Total headcount

5,300

Home Office latest FTE

3,837

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

361 per 100,000 residents

Northumbria Police polices a population of 1,470,000 across approximately 2,113 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.