Police Service of Northern Ireland — Workforce
Headcount and density for Police Service of Northern Ireland. Home Office Police Workforce Statistics, OGL v3.
Officers
7,100
Police staff
2,600
Total headcount
9,700
Density
505 per 100,000 residents
Police Service of Northern Ireland polices a population of 1,920,000 across approximately 5,456 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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