Police Scotland — Workforce
Headcount and density for Police Scotland. Home Office Police Workforce Statistics, OGL v3.
Officers
16,800
Police staff
5,600
Total headcount
22,400
Density
411 per 100,000 residents
Police Scotland polices a population of 5,450,000 across approximately 30,081 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.
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