Police Manpower (Hansard, 17 February 1988)

HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 c620W 620W

§ Mr. Ronnie Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the ratio of police officers to(a) population and (b) crimes in (i) Northumberland police authority area and (ii) Northumberland county.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The information available is as follows:

Northumbria police Northumberland county

Police¹/Population² ratio 1:413 1:694

Police¹/Crime³ ratio 1:47 —

¹ Police strength as at December 1987.

² As at mid 1986.

³ Notifiable offences recorded by the police as produced in volume 3 of "Criminal Statistics England and Wales Supplementary Tables 1986". The force does not have those figures broken down for Northumberland county.

	Northumbria police	Northumberland county
Police¹/Population² ratio	1:413	1:694
Police¹/Crime³ ratio	1:47	—
¹ Police strength as at December 1987.
² As at mid 1986.
³ Notifiable offences recorded by the police as produced in volume 3 of "Criminal Statistics England and Wales Supplementary Tables 1986". The force does not have those figures broken down for Northumberland county.