There were 8,750 police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales in 2022, a decrease on the previous year when there were 9,284. During the provided time period, the number of community police officers in England and Wales peaked in 2010, when there were 16,918.
Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022
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Statistics on The police service in the United Kingdom
Key figures
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Police Numbers
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- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of police officers in Scotland 2007-2022
- Premium Statistic Distribution of police ranks in England and Wales 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Proportion of police officers from ethnic minorites in England and Wales 2005-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of police community support officers in England and Wales 2003-2022
Arrests
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- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2021
- Premium Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales 2006-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2022, by police force
- Premium Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales in 2022, by police force area
- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2022, by offence
- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales 2006-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2022, by gender
Stop and Search
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- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2001-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2012-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2022, by police force
- Premium Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2010-2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2022, by police force
Crime Figures
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- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK by country 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK in 2021/22 by region
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2003-2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2021/22, by region
- Basic Statistic Number of crime offences in England and Wales 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of crimes in Scotland 2002-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of crimes offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2022
Further related statistics
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- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016
- Share of adults who think the police are held accountable for misconduct U.S. 2020
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by race U.S. 2020
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by occupation
- Fatalities related to police custody in England and Wales 2004 to 2029
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by gender
- Road deaths involving police pursuit in England and Wales from 2005 to 2020
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by age
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Number of police related fatalities in England and Wales from 2010 to 2022, by type
- Suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20
- Support for the protesters responding to George Floyd's death by age U.S. 2020
- Area per police station in urban India 2020, by state
- Support for the protests in response to George Floyd's death by ideology U.S. 2020
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- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by race U.S. 2020
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by occupation
- Fatalities related to police custody in England and Wales 2004 to 2029
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by gender
- Road deaths involving police pursuit in England and Wales from 2005 to 2020
- Survey on trust in the police in Sweden 2016, by age
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Number of police related fatalities in England and Wales from 2010 to 2022, by type
- Suicides following police custody in England and Wales from 2004/05 to 2019/20
- Support for the protesters responding to George Floyd's death by age U.S. 2020
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UK Home Office. (July 27, 2022). Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 05, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/
UK Home Office. "Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022." Chart. July 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/
UK Home Office. (2022). Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/
UK Home Office. "Number of Police Community Support Officers (Pcsos) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/
UK Home Office, Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/ (last visited February 05, 2023)
Number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales from 2003 to 2022 [Graph], UK Home Office, July 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/382512/number-of-police-community-support-officers-in-england-and-wales-yearly/