UK police spending 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.

Public sector expenditure on the police service in the United Kingdom from 2009/10 to 2022/23 (in billion GBP)

Characteristic	Expenditure in billion GBP (in nominal terms)
2022/23	25.29
2021/22	24.9
2020/21	21.62
2019/20	18.69
2018/19	18.02
2017/18	17.5
2016/17	16.37
2015/16	16.57
2014/15	16.66
2013/14	16.35
2012/13	17.58
2011/12	18.24
2010/11	18.58
2009/10	19.3

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

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This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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