22/07/2026
The number of police officers on our streets is down under Labour 🤦
Police Officer numbers just out:
- Total officer numbers have fallen 566 in the last year (Mar 2025 to Mar 2026) and have fallen 1,879 since Sept 2024
- Frontline officer numbers have fallen by 1,518 in the last year (from 117,282 in Mar 2025 down to 115,764 in Mar 2026) and are down 6,485 since Labour came to power
- They have re-designated a lot of officers as “neighbourhood” so that appears to go up - but the fact is total officer numbers and frontline officer numbers are both falling
Labour is letting Britain down with falling police numbers - down newly 2,000 since they came to power. Worse than that, frontline office numbers are falling even faster - down 1,500 in the last year and down 6,500 since Labour came to power.
Slashing police numbers and letting criminals out of prison early shows that Labour is weak on crime
The Conservatives left office with record ever police numbers and falling crime. Our plan to hire 10,000 more officers will help take back our streets