Police officers

  • Data
    
    POLICE OFFICERS IN 2022
    Countries Number Per 100 000 persons of the population
    EU-27    
    Austria 31 968 356.03
    Belgium 39 301 338.29
    Bulgaria 28 800 421.12
    Croatia 20 713 536.29
    Cyprus 5 028 555.76
    Czech Republic 40 078 381.09
    Denmark 11 364 193.48
    Estonia 3 851 289.16
    Finland 7 628 137.49
    France . .
    Germany 258 915 311.06
    Greece 55 821 533.67
    Hungary 36 339 375.05
    Ireland 17 654 348.89
    Italy . .
    Latvia 4 304 229.45
    Lithuania 7 538 268.64
    Luxembourg 2 366 366.6
    Malta 2 121 407.12
    Netherlands 51 222 291.19
    Poland 100 982 268.18
    Portugal 47 185 455.8
    Romania 50 008 262.61
    Slovakia 20 666 380.26
    Slovenia 7 329 347.81
    Spain 180 376 380.28
    Sweden 21 981 210.3
         
    Other countries    
    Albania 10 868 389.03
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 241 .
    England and Wales . .
    Iceland 781 207.58
    Kosovo (under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99) . .
    Liechtenstein 127 323.09
    Montenegro 3 943 638.35
    Northern Ireland (UK) . .
    Norway . .
    Republic of North Macedonia . .
    Scotland . .
    Serbia . .
    Switzerland 19 397 221.96
    Turkiye 461 570 545.07

    Data source: Eurostat
    "." data are not available
    For more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database
    05.06.2025
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  • Press releases
  • Upcoming press releases and data (2)
    Date Name
    11.07.2025 Crimes, accused and convicted persons - 2024
    29.04.2026 Anti-social acts and crimes of minors and juveniles - 2025
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