Neighbourhood policing
13,000 additional neighbourhood officers, PCSOs and special constables
Deadline
By the end of Parliament
Coverage
England and Wales
Baseline shown
Not available
Latest evidence
Awaiting outturn
Progress evidence
Additional personnel deployed into neighbourhood policing roles
No comparable national outturn yet
UK Pulse will not estimate progress by combining incompatible local reports.
Funding allocations and force-level delivery reports exist, but UK Pulse will not sum inconsistent local definitions into a national total.
Evidence timeline
Commitments, government updates, official statistics and independent scrutiny remain visibly distinct.
Funding and delivery evidence published
Home Office evidence confirmed £200 million of 2025/26 funding and the 3,000 first-year ambition, but did not provide a reconciled national outturn.
Home Office
First-year programme requirements issued
The Home Secretary set a first phase of 3,000 additional neighbourhood-policing resources by March 2026.
Home Office
Neighbourhood-policing commitment published
The Plan for Change committed to 13,000 additional officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood roles.
UK Government