Table 5: Number of allegations logged in 2024/25


Police force	Number of allegations	Number of employees*	Allegations per 1,000 employees
Avon & Somerset	6,075	6,657	913
Bedfordshire	1,756	2,745	640
British Transport	1,092	4,952	221
Cambridgeshire	1,947	2,809	693
Cheshire	2,877	4,192	686
City of London (with Action Fraud)	713	1,606	444
Cleveland	3,187	2,534	1,258
Cumbria	1,895	2,178	870
Derbyshire	4,324	3,948	1,095
Devon & Cornwall	3,509	6,843	513
Dorset	2,216	2,901	764
Durham	1,654	2,525	655
Dyfed-Powys	1,081	2,247	481
Essex	6,133	6,393	959
Gloucestershire	2,179	2,739	796
Greater Manchester	15,786	13,042	1,210
Gwent	1,022	2,596	394
Hampshire	5,156	6,294	819
Hertfordshire	2,728	4,461	612
Humberside	2,857	3,933	726
Kent	6,451	6,999	922
Lancashire	4,445	6,291	707
Leicestershire	2,976	4,246	701
Lincolnshire	2,049	2,382	860
Merseyside	2,883	7,062	408
Metropolitan	22,790	48,760	467
Norfolk	1,186	3,480	341
North Wales	1,067	3,152	339
North Yorkshire	1,462	3,127	468
Northamptonshire	2,117	2,757	768
Northumbria	6,221	6,044	1,029
Nottinghamshire	3,324	4,098	811
South Wales	5,733	6,733	851
South Yorkshire	3,401	5,561	612
Staffordshire	3,089	3,817	809
Suffolk	989	2,597	381
Surrey	4,270	4,397	971
Sussex	4,159	5,898	705
Thames Valley	5,325	9,470	562
Warwickshire	1,066	2,049	520
West Mercia	2,229	4,480	498
West Midlands	6,217	12,512	497
West Yorkshire	4,584	10,782	425
Wiltshire	2,029	2,578	787
Total	168,249	254,867	660

The figures for City of London include allegations logged in relation to ‘Action Fraud’. Action Fraud is the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. The service is run by the City of London Police, which is the national policing lead for economic crime.

*'Number of employees' is taken from the Home Office publication Police Workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2024.