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List of police forces in England and Wales by officers
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This is a list of the geographical police forces in England and Wales sorted by the number of regular officers they had according to the Closing the Gap report published by HMIC in 2005. The report found that forces should have more than 2,000 officers, and ideally more than 4,000. See policing in the United Kingdom for more context.
See also: List of police forces in England and Wales by area.
| Police force | Officers | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Police | 31,073 | London |
| West Midlands | 8,154 | West Midlands |
| Greater Manchester | 8,119 | North West England |
| West Yorkshire | 5,671 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Merseyside | 4,339 | North West England |
| Thames Valley | 4,189 | South East England |
| Northumbria | 4,088 | North East England |
| Hampshire | 3,804 | South East |
| Kent | 3,630 | South East |
| Lancashire | 3,586 | North West |
| Devon and Cornwall | 3,399 | South West England |
| Avon and Somerset | 3,398 | South West |
| South Wales | 3,316 | Wales |
| South Yorkshire | 3,307 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Essex | 3,230 | East of England |
| Sussex | 3,094 | South East |
| Nottinghamshire | 2,522 | East Midlands |
| West Mercia | 2,380 | West Midlands |
| Leicestershire | 2,311 | East Midlands |
| Staffordshire | 2,309 | West Midlands |
| Humberside | 2,252 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Cheshire | 2,207 | North West |
| Hertfordshire | 2,145 | East |
| Derbyshire | 2,082 | East Midlands |
| Surrey | 1,959 | South East |
| Durham | 1,738 | North East |
| Cleveland | 1,689 | North East |
| North Wales | 1,676 | Wales |
| North Yorkshire | 1,561 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Norfolk | 1,554 | East |
| Dorset | 1,475 | South West |
| Gwent | 1,438 | Wales |
| Cambridgeshire | 1,418 | East |
| Suffolk | 1,323 | East |
| Gloucestershire | 1,308 | South West |
| Northamptonshire | 1,289 | East Midlands |
| Cumbria | 1,260 | North West |
| Lincolnshire | 1,234 | East Midlands |
| Bedfordshire | 1,232 | East |
| Wiltshire | 1,227 | South West |
| Dyfed-Powys | 1,183 | Wales |
| Warwickshire | 1,012 | West Midlands |
| City of London | 881 | London |