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Police: Resignations

Answer

The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officer leavers in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.

Information on the length of service of leavers is available in table JL6 of the data tables accompanying the publication.

Table 1: Police officer leavers (headcount) by length of service in the year ending 31 March 2025, England and Wales.

Length of service group	Headcount of officer leavers	Proportion (%) of all leavers
Less than 1 year	930	10.3%
1 to less than 2 years	1,011	11.2%
2 to less than 3 years	637	7.1%
3 to less than 4 years	446	5.0%
4 to less than 5 years	407	4.5%
5 to less than 10 years	839	9.3%
10 to less than 15 years	372	4.1%
15 to less than 20 years	760	8.5%
20 to less than 25 years	1,235	13.7%
25 to less than 30 years	1,202	13.4%
30 years or over	1,148	12.8%
Total	8,987	100.0%

Note:

1. Excludes transfers to another force

The retention of all officers, both new recruits and experienced officers remain essential to increasing public confidence in policing. This is why forces should be using strong evidence-based strategies to support retention and progression of existing officers, as well as continuing to recruit new officers using high quality recruitment processes that maintain standards.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL10350

Session

2024-26

Related items

Police: Resignations
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Written questions
House of Lords

Subjects

Police Resignations

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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