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The Police and Crime Plan 2022 – 2025 sets out the four key priorities for Wiltshire Police to focus on:
The Police and Crime Plan is dynamic and flexible, reflecting the changes in patterns of crime and behaviour and allowing for priorities to be adapted to meet the demands of the community.
The Chief Constable uses evidence and intelligence to advise the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Our response to the HMICFRS PEEL Report | Wiltshire Police
Read more about other HMICFRS publications for Wiltshire
Find out the latest crime stats for Wiltshire for your area.
We receive one of the lowest amounts of Home Office funding for police per head of population.
Our budget consists of around 80% staffing and with continued austerity measures, efficiencies inevitably have to come from the staffing area. To enable efficiencies without detriment to the capabilities of the policing service, two key focuses have been on modernisation and collaboration.
Our workforce is made up of both uniformed and non-uniformed staff and officers who carry out vital roles protecting and serving our communities.
With the ever changing landscape of crime, our workforce has changed and adapted to the needs of those communities we serve with 94% officers and over 50% staff dedicated to frontline policing.
FTE* | Officer | Staff | PCSO |
Establishment | 1,092 | 959 | 98 |
Career break | 4 | - | - |
Secondments to other forces | 23 | - | - |
Total | 1,191 | 959 | 98 |
*Full time equivalent
Headcount | Officer | Staff | PCSO |
Establishment | 1,109 | 1,035 | 101 |
Career break | 5 | 5 | - |
Secondments to other forces | 23 | - | - |
Total | 1,137 | 1,040 | 101 |
Wiltshire Police Specials are volunteers and will often follow this into a career as regular police officer. The figures below fluctuate due this attrition and recent regular intakes. The total number of Specials are currently in hubs or in training with assessment days planned monthly.
Special Constabulary | 148 |
Our Volunteer establishment in headcount as at 9 December 2022:
Volunteer Police Cadets | 84* |
Volunteers | 177 |
Community Speedwatch volunteers | 1000 approx |
*Cadets are spread across Chippenham, Swindon and Trowbridge. Salisbury is not currently operating
The South West Region Police Pensions Board assists the scheme managers for Wiltshire, Devon & Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Avon & Somerset Constabularies.
You can find some of our published strategies on the website of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon