West Midlands Police — Workforce
Headcount and density for West Midlands Police. Home Office Police Workforce Statistics, OGL v3.
Officers
7,950
Police staff
3,200
Total headcount
11,150
Home Office latest FTE
13,676
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
378 per 100,000 residents
West Midlands Police polices a population of 2,950,000 across approximately 348 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