FOI/1851 - Police Officer Nationality
Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
Thank you for your email received on the 12 November 2025 in which you made a request for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria Police.
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and we provide a response for your attention.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with People Services Department of Northumbria Police. We can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
We are able to disclose the located information to you as follows with the below caveats to be noted:
• Please note, we record nationality as British or non-British, not as UK Citizen or non-UK Citizen.
• Data for Qs. 1 and 3 are as of 1 March 2019.
• Data for Qs. 2, 4 - 6 are as of 19 November 2025.
You asked:
I request that you provide the following data concerning the nationality of police officers and staff employed:
1. Please provide the total headcount of police officers in March 2019 (or other suitable date) broken down by the officer’s nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your force records this). Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.
3. Please provide the total headcount of police staff in March 2019 (or other suitable date) broken down by the officer’s nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your force records this). Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.
| Resources | British | Non-British | Not Stated | Total |
| Police Officers | 3,083 | 18 | 30 | 3,131 |
| Police Staff | 1,817 | 20 | 4 | 1,841 |
| Total | 4,900 | 38 | 34 | 4,972 |
2. Please provide the total headcount of police officers in 2025 (latest date available) broken down by the officer’s nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your force records this). Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.
4. Please provide the total headcount of police staff in 2025 (latest date available) broken down by the officer’s nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your force records this). Please also provide the total headcount for comparison.
| Resources | British | Non-British | Not Stated | Total |
| Police Officers | 2,856 | 36 | 936 | 3,828 |
| Police Staff | 2,211 | 44 | 55 | 2,310 |
| Total | 5,067 | 80 | 991 | 6,138 |
5. For 2025, please provide an individual breakdown of nationalities of police officers (e.g. Irish, Nigerian, American)
6. For 2025, please provide an individual breakdown of nationalities of police staff (e.g. Irish, Nigerian, American)
| Nationality | Police Officer | Police Staff |
| Australian | 1 | 0 |
| Belgian | 1 | 0 |
| British | 2,856 | 2,211 |
| Bulgarian | 2 | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 | 3 |
| Estonian | 0 | 1 |
| Filipino | 0 | 1 |
| French | 1 | 0 |
| German | 0 | 1 |
| Greek | 2 | 0 |
| Hungarian | 2 | 0 |
| Indian | 3 | 3 |
| Iraqi | 0 | 1 |
| Irish | 9 | 6 |
| Latvian | 1 | 3 |
| Malaysian | 0 | 1 |
| Nigerian | 0 | 4 |
| Pakistani | 3 | 0 |
| Polish | 6 | 12 |
| Portuguese | 0 | 1 |
| Romanian | 1 | 1 |
| South African | 1 | 1 |
| Spanish | 1 | 3 |
| Swedish | 1 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 |
| Not Stated | 936 | 55 |
| Total | 3,828 | 2,310 |