Police Budget Sources and Spending in Britain

The table and pie charts offer a detailed overview of the Suggested change: budget and expenditurebudget and expenditure1finances of a specific British region’s police force Suggested change: in 2017 and 2018in 2017 and 20182from 2017 to 2018.

Suggested change: Overall,Overall,3On the whole, the primary funding source was the national government, with salaries for officers and staff representing the most substantial expenditure. Despite a slight reduction in the percentage allocated to salaries, Suggested change: this category remained the largest area of spendingthis category remained the largest area of spending4it remained the highest expenditure.

The national government Suggested change: was the largest contributor towas the largest contributor to5played a pivotal role in financing the police force, contributing over half of the total budget in both 2017 (£175.5 million) and 2018 (£177.8 million). Local taxes contributed £91.2 million in 2017 and rose to £102.3 million in 2018, while Suggested change: funding from other sources increased marginallyfunding from other sources increased marginally6other sources saw a marginal increase from £38 million to £38.5 million.

Suggested change: Turning to how the budget was spent,Turning to how the budget was spent,7Regarding expenditure, salaries Suggested change: accounted for the largest proportion of spendingaccounted for the largest proportion of spending8consistently ranked as the highest expense, decreasing from 75% in 2017 to 69% in 2018. Notably, technology funding experienced a significant surge, rising from 8% in 2017 to 14% in 2018. Allocations for buildings and transport remained stable at Suggested change: 17% of total expenditure17% of total expenditure917% of the budget in both years.