Government spending on the police in the UK 2009-2023

Public spending on the police service in the United Kingdom rose to 25.3 billion British pounds in 2022/23, the highest amount spent during the provided time period. Between 2009/10 and 2013/14 the amount of public money spent on the police fell from 19.3 billion pounds to just 16.35 billion pounds, due to the austerity policies followed by the UK government at the time.