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United Kingdom agency record

West Yorkshire Police

Territorial forcegb-west-yorkshireFounded 1974

Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

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West Yorkshire Police, formerly the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the fourth largest territorial police force in England and Wales by number of officers.

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Staffing & crime statistics

6,138.3

Police officers, FTE (2025)

3,955.8

Police staff, FTE

500.6

Community support officers, FTE

289,737

Recorded offences (year ending Mar 2024)

Recent years
YearOfficersCiviliansPCSOsRecorded crime
20256,138.33,955.8500.6
20246,073.23,914.3534.7289,737
20236,072.43,831.6518.2314,525
20225,680.33,683.2567.6294,276
20215,579.63,781.1544.4250,218
20205,3423,651.5590.1288,346
20195,136.63,469.5598.7295,952
20185,014.13,395.3610.9265,726
20174,720.23,317551.1239,088
20164,501.23,015.9533.4202,660

Source: data.police.uk force directory, Home Office police workforce statistics, and Home Office police recorded crime (England and Wales).

Offences by group, year ending March 2024
Offence groupOffences
Violence against the person120,993
Theft offences81,046
Public order offences31,770
Criminal damage and arson25,186
Sexual offences9,435
Drug offences8,907
Miscellaneous crimes against society7,036
Robbery3,132
Possession of weapons offences2,232

Fraud offences are recorded by national bodies (Action Fraud, Cifas, UK Finance) rather than territorial forces and are not included.

Open data

Street-level crime & outcomes (data.police.uk)
crime incidents
Stop and search records (data.police.uk)

Policies & practice

College of Policing — Authorised Professional Practice

POP conference activity

Source: data.police.uk force directory, Home Office police workforce statistics, and Home Office police recorded crime (England and Wales), reference year 2025. Snapshot generated 2026-07-03.