Police officer arrest rates from April 2021 – March 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026021

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please may I request the following information:

1. The number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022.
2. The number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022 who made 0 (zero) arrests during that period.
3. The average number of arrests for FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022.
4. If possible under Section 12 of the FOIA, the number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022 who made 0 (zero) arrests during that period broken down by police officer function (in line with in Table F1 of the Police Workforce Statistics dataset.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - The number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022.

I have disclosed the following information.

Please see below information pursuant to your request above.

Q2 - The number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022 who made 0 (zero) arrests during that period.

20,860 - Across the 12 month period.

Q3 - The average number of arrests for FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022.

3.562 - Across the 12 month period.

Q4 - If possible under Section 12 of the FOIA, the number of FTE police officers employed by your police force in the 12 months to March 2022 who made 0 (zero) arrests during that period broken down by police officer function (in line with in able F1 of the Police Workforce Statistics dataset.

Please find attached a spreadsheet in which the requested information has been provided.

IMPORTANT:
Please ensure that the information below, how the data was extracted, is read in conjunction with the data in this report to ensure that it is interpreted correctly.

1. It only includes Employees with an Employee Number starting with P or S.

2. It includes any officer that has worked for the Met during the given time period, even if they no longer work for the Met.

3. It only includes the most recent position that the officer worked in, so if they moved team at any point in the time period, it will only show the most recent team.

4. Only Employees with an FTE value of “1” are included in this dataset. This is according to the Human Resources data set.

The “Zero Arrests by Function” sheet attached to this email breaks down officers based on a lookup we maintain. The function values may not exactly match the F1 table in the Police Workforce Statistics dataset but I believe this is as close as we can get. I have provided a breakdown into Business Group, OCU, Function and Department, to allow you to choose the appropriate level of summary