In 2023, approximately 8.4 percent of police officers in England and Wales were from ethnic minority backgrounds, compared with 8.1 percent in the previous year, and just 3.5 percent in 2005.
Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023
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Police Numbers
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- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 1979-2023
- Basic Statistic Number of police officers in England and Wales 2023, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of police officers in Scotland 2007-2023
- Premium Statistic Distribution of police ranks in England and Wales 2023, by gender
- Premium Statistic Proportion of police officers from ethnic minorities in England and Wales 2005-2023
- Basic Statistic Number of police community support officers in England and Wales 2003-2023
Arrests
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- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2006-2023
- Premium Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales 2006-2023
- Basic Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2023, by police force
- Basic Statistic Arrest rate in England and Wales in 2023, by police force area
- Premium Statistic Number of arrests in England and Wales 2023, 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 2006-2023, by gender
Stop and Search
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- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2001-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2012-2023, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Number of police stop and searches in England and Wales 2023, by police force
- Premium Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2012-2023
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2010-2023, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Stop and search rate in England and Wales 2023, by police force
Crime Figures
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- Premium Statistic UK crime rate by country 2002-2023
- Premium Statistic Crime rate in the UK in 2022/23 by region
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2003-2023, by jurisdiction
- Premium Statistic Homicide rate in the UK 2022/23, by region
- Basic Statistic Number of crime offences in England and Wales 2002-2023
- Basic Statistic Number of crimes in Scotland 2002-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of crime offences in Northern Ireland 2002-2023
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- Ethnic minority groups in the police workforce in England and Wales (UK) 2020
- Rate of police killings in selected countries 2019
- Share of adults in favor of abolishing the police by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by gender
- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by education U.S. 2020
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by age
- Spontaneous feelings inspired by the police in France 2019
- Share of people thinking the police is effective or not in France 2019
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by occupation
- Occupational breakdown of publicly funded forensic crime labs in the U.S. 2014
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
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- Share of adults in favor of defunding police departments by education U.S. 2020
- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by age
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- Share of people thinking the police is effective in France 2019, by occupation
- Occupational breakdown of publicly funded forensic crime labs in the U.S. 2014
- Adults who think police are held accountable for misconduct by party U.S. 2020
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GOV.UK, & UK Home Office. (July 26, 2023). Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, und UK Home Office. "Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023." Chart. July 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, UK Home Office. (2023). Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/
GOV.UK, and UK Home Office. "Proportion of Police Officers from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/
GOV.UK & UK Home Office, Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/ (last visited April 28, 2024)
Proportion of police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds in England and Wales from 2005 to 2023 [Graph], GOV.UK, & UK Home Office, July 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/378147/ethnic-minorities-in-the-police-force-of-england-and-wales-uk/