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Home Office workforce figures, pay and morale survey results and HMICFRS national findings.
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Pay
The ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published today, puts median full-time annual pay for police officers at sergeant and below at £52,569. That is 28.5% above the median for all full-time employees. Here is what the figures include and what they mean for your own pay.
Welfare and wellbeing
44% of the police workforce often or always feel burnt out because of their job, against 32% in the NHS. A new national report finds heavy workload is the strongest driver of poor wellbeing and says this is "not purely a resilience issue". Here is what it found and what it means for you.
Stats and data
More officers resigned than retired in the year to March 2026. Most of them had less than five years' service. Here is what the Home Office's workforce figures say and what they mean if you are thinking about leaving.