Female Officers
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/9023
Version Date: 18/11/2025
The HR Resourcing Department has provided the following information:
This data is from our 30th September report and is a snapshot of this day. The data also does not include anyone that is currently on External Secondment or Career Break.
1. The number of female police officers currently serving within Devon & Cornwall Police, broken down by rank(e.g., Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector, Superintendent, etc.).
|
Rank |
Female officers |
Male officers |
|
Chief Officer |
1 |
5 |
|
Chief Superintendent |
0 |
8 |
|
Superintendent |
11 |
21 |
|
Chief Inspector |
21 |
29 |
|
Inspector |
61 |
142 |
|
Sergeant |
192 |
450 |
|
Constable |
1058 |
1623 |
|
Total |
1344 |
2278 |
2. A further breakdown of this data by local policing area (for example: Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Barnstaple, etc.).
The breakdown is by local policing area (LPA)
|
LPA |
Female officers |
Male officers |
|
East Cornwall |
158 |
344 |
|
Exeter, East and Mid Devon |
406 |
683 |
|
North and West Devon |
116 |
213 |
|
Plymouth |
225 |
391 |
|
South Devon |
254 |
365 |
|
West Cornwall |
175 |
267 |
|
Seconded out of force |
10 |
15 |
|
Total |
1344 |
2278 |
3. For each area and rank, please include both the total number of officers and the number (and/or percentage) who are female.
See tables above