FOI 0336-2025/26 - Police staffing / resignations
Request
Q1. Voluntary Resignations
Please provide annual data from 1 January 2015 to the date of this request on the number of sworn police officers who have voluntarily resigned from service. The data should be disaggregated by:
Rank at time of resignation
Age group (e.g., under 25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+)
Role (e.g., response, neighbourhood, detective, specialist units)
Sex (male, female, other/prefer not to say)
Entry route into policing (e.g., Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, Degree Holder Entry Programme, PCEP/IPLDP, other)
Number of officers who were part of the Uplift Programme
Specific reason for resignation (if recorded)
Q2. Retirement and Psychological Health
Please provide data from 1 January 2015 to the date of this request on the number of sworn police officers who voluntarily retired from service and who also took a period of absence due to psychological health or stress in the 12 months prior to retirement. The data should be disaggregated by:
Rank at time of retirement
Age group (e.g., under 25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+)
Role (e.g., response, neighbourhood, detective, specialist units)
Sex (male, female, other/prefer not to say)
Entry route into policing (e.g., Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, Degree Holder Entry Programme, PCEP/IPLDP, other)
Number of officers who were part of the Uplift Programme
Specific reason for retirement (if recorded)
Q3. Workforce Headcount
Please provide the annual headcount of sworn officers only from 1 January 2015 to the date of this request, disaggregated by:
Rank
Age group (e.g., under 25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55+)
Role (e.g., response, neighbourhood, detective, specialist units)
Sex (male, female, other/prefer not to say)
Entry route into policing (e.g., Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, Degree Holder Entry Programme, PCEP/IPLDP, other)
Number of officers who were part of the Uplift Programme
Response
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Q1. Please see the tables below which show the number of North Yorkshire Police Officers who have voluntarily resigned from service from 01 January 2015 to 09 July 2025, broken down by rank, gender, reason and year.
Information relating to role, age, entry route and uplift programme is not recorded in such a way that can be extracted for the purposes of your request.
|
Rank |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Constable |
20 |
15 |
25 |
30 |
29 |
36 |
45 |
49 |
44 |
64 |
32 |
|
Sergeant |
2 |
- |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
13 |
1 |
|
Inspector |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
Chief Inspector |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Superintendent |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
|
Chief Superintendent |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Assistant Chief Constable |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
|
Deputy Chief Constable |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Chief Constable |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Gender |
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|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Male |
19 |
10 |
18 |
25 |
18 |
29 |
33 |
35 |
36 |
55 |
18 |
|
Female |
4 |
5 |
11 |
8 |
14 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
25 |
27 |
17 |
|
Reason |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Transfer |
6 |
3 |
10 |
15 |
7 |
12 |
15 |
7 |
20 |
30 |
10 |
|
Resignation |
17 |
12 |
19 |
18 |
25 |
30 |
35 |
49 |
41 |
52 |
25 |
Q2. Please see the tables below which show the number of North Yorkshire Police Officers who have voluntarily retired from service and who also took a period of absence due to psychological health or stress in the 12 months prior to retirement from 01 January 2015 to 09 July 2025, broken down by rank and gender.
Information relating to age, role, entry route and uplift programme is not recorded in such a way that can be extracted for the purposes of your request.
|
Rank |
|
|
Constable |
307 |
|
Sergeant |
125 |
|
Inspector |
53 |
|
Chief Inspector |
14 |
|
Superintendent |
20 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
5 |
|
Assistant Chief Constable |
5 |
|
Deputy Chief Constable |
3 |
|
Chief Constable |
2 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Male |
432 |
|
Female |
102 |
|
Stress Related Absence |
|
|
Constable |
45 |
|
Sergeant |
11 |
|
Inspector |
3 |
|
Chief Inspector |
- |
|
Superintendent |
4 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
- |
|
Assistant Chief Constable |
- |
|
Deputy Chief Constable |
- |
|
Chief Constable |
- |
Q3. Please see the tables below which show the number of North Yorkshire Police Officers from 01 January 2015 to 09 July 2025, broken down by rank, age, gender, department and year. It is of note that the names of some departments have changed, which is reflected in the numbers shows in the last table.
Information relating to entry route and uplift programme is not recorded in such a way that can be extracted for the purposes of your request.
|
Rank |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Constable |
1068 |
1033 |
1033 |
995 |
1034 |
1122 |
1160 |
1192 |
1259 |
1263 |
1235 |
|
Sergeant |
245 |
235 |
243 |
236 |
222 |
234 |
235 |
248 |
271 |
282 |
287 |
|
Inspector |
98 |
77 |
81 |
81 |
85 |
87 |
86 |
83 |
85 |
95 |
85 |
|
Chief Inspector |
21 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
20 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
33 |
|
Superintendent |
15 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
10 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Assistant Chief Constable |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
Deputy Chief Constable |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chief Constable |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Age Group |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
18-24 |
24 |
11 |
8 |
17 |
30 |
53 |
64 |
73 |
93 |
89 |
96 |
|
25-35 |
384 |
370 |
350 |
336 |
332 |
392 |
433 |
468 |
520 |
531 |
507 |
|
36-45 |
578 |
546 |
562 |
541 |
537 |
556 |
553 |
547 |
580 |
584 |
566 |
|
46-59 |
453 |
455 |
474 |
459 |
474 |
473 |
463 |
472 |
473 |
487 |
489 |
|
Over 60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
|
Gender |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Male |
998 |
949 |
944 |
897 |
900 |
954 |
958 |
985 |
1048 |
1052 |
1013 |
|
Female |
441 |
433 |
450 |
460 |
478 |
527 |
563 |
582 |
623 |
644 |
647 |
|
Department |
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|
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Crime & Justice Operations |
384 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Uniformed Operations |
981 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Crime Intel |
- |
75 |
39 |
49 |
58 |
67 |
40 |
43 |
47 |
47 |
88 |
|
Criminal Justice |
- |
35 |
35 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
39 |
43 |
41 |
46 |
55 |
|
Local Policing |
- |
899 |
984 |
935 |
961 |
976 |
1011 |
1011 |
1083 |
1142 |
1087 |
|
Major Crime |
- |
19 |
20 |
16 |
17 |
17 |
28 |
26 |
24 |
14 |
50 |
|
Practive Policing |
- |
228 |
232 |
226 |
219 |
219 |
209 |
221 |
229 |
233 |
230 |
|
Partnerships |
22 |
- |
18 |
19 |
16 |
32 |
33 |
31 |
34 |
35 |
- |
|
Safeguarding |
- |
44 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.