Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: June 2025

This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is updated with the most recently published statistics.


There were 16,553 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in Scotland on 31 March 2025. This was 319 (+2.0%) more officers compared to the position on 31 March 2007, and 197 (+1.2%) more than on 31 March 2024.

Chart 5: Number of police officers (FTE) - Quarter 1 2006 to Quarter 1 2025

Chart 5 - Number of police officers (full-time equivalent) since 2006  Quarterly number of police officers (full-time equivalent), quarter 1 2006 to quarter 1 2025. The most recent figure is 16,553.

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