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Police Service of Northern Ireland: funding, precept and results

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No spending figure is published for Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Key figures

  • 48.6 per 1,000Recorded crime per 1,000 residents, 2025-26
  • 334 per 100,000Officers per 100,000 residents, 2026-09
  • 90.9%999 calls answered within 10 seconds, 2026-08
  • 23.0 per 1,000Violence and sexual offences per 1,000, 2025-26
  • 1.3 per 1,000Burglary per 1,000, 2025-26

Sources: Police Service of Northern Ireland, police.uk (National Police Chiefs’ Council and Home Office).

Where the money comes from

Funded by the Northern Ireland Executive through the Department of Justice; there is no police precept.

What the precept buys: funding and results, side by side

The precept and the government grant pay for the whole force. This table sets the force’s funding against what it recorded in the same year, beside the national figure. It shows the two together; it does not show that one caused the other.

Where it sits, and what is below it

  1. UK total
  2. Nation
  3. Department or service body not published
  4. Local body
  5. Spending category not published
  6. Line or transaction not published

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Funded by the Northern Ireland Executive through the Department of Justice; there is no police precept.

No spending figure is published for this level.

Spending category: not published. The PSNI’s own budget and spending are in its annual report and accounts, published only as a scanned document that cannot be read as data.

Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.

What is recorded alongside the money

These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.

Police Service of Northern Ireland against the national figure: latest period of each measure
MeasurePolice Service of Northern IrelandPeriod
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents
Details
48.6 per 1,0002025-26
Period
2025-26
Officers per 100,000 residents
Details
334 per 100,0002026-09
Period
2026-09
999 calls answered within 10 seconds
Details
90.9%2026-08
Period
2026-08
Violence and sexual offences per 1,000
Details
23.0 per 1,0002025-26
Period
2025-26
Burglary per 1,000
Details
1.3 per 1,0002025-26
Period
2025-26
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents: Police Service of Northern Ireland

Offences recorded by the force in the financial year, excluding fraud, per 1,000 residents: Home Office figures for England and Wales, and the PSNI’s for Northern Ireland, which records under the same Home Office Counting Rules and offence groups. Recorded crime depends on what is reported and how each force records it; recording practice differs between forces and has changed over time. A higher rate is not in itself a sign of more crime or worse policing.

The numbers behind this chart
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents: Police Service of Northern Ireland (Recorded crime per 1,000 residents, per 1,000)
YearPolice Service of Northern Ireland
1998-9962.4
1999-0068.0
2000-0168.8
2001-0280.4
2002-0381.4
2003-0473.3
2004-0567.7
2005-0670.0
2006-0768.4
2007-0861.0
2008-0961.2
2009-1060.2
2010-1157.4
2011-1256.2
2012-1354.0
2013-1455.1
2014-1556.0
2015-1656.6
2016-1752.5
2017-1852.3
2018-1953.5
2019-2056.1
2020-2149.6
2021-2255.8
2022-2358.3
2023-2454.3
2024-2549.7
2025-2648.6

Figure as of unknown date. Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland.

999 calls answered within 10 seconds: Police Service of Northern Ireland

Share of 999 calls answered within 10 seconds of BT passing them to the force. City of London’s calls are answered by the Metropolitan Police. Target: 90% within 10 seconds.

The numbers behind this chart
999 calls answered within 10 seconds: Police Service of Northern Ireland (999 calls answered within 10 seconds)
YearPolice Service of Northern Ireland
2025-0489.5%
2025-0586.4%
2025-0685.0%
2025-0787.1%
2025-0885.7%
2025-0985.4%
2025-1084.9%
2025-1190.1%
2025-1290.3%
2026-0192.8%
2026-0293.7%
2026-0394.1%
2026-0493.6%
2026-0592.8%
2026-0691.5%
2026-0791.7%
2026-0890.9%

Figure as of unknown date. Source: police.uk (National Police Chiefs’ Council and Home Office).

Violence and sexual offences per 1,000: Police Service of Northern Ireland

Violence against the person and sexual offences recorded, per 1,000 residents.

The numbers behind this chart
Violence and sexual offences per 1,000: Police Service of Northern Ireland (Violence and sexual offences per 1,000, per 1,000)
YearPolice Service of Northern Ireland
1998-9912.0
1999-0013.6
2000-0113.4
2001-0216.3
2002-0317.6
2003-0418.0
2004-0518.1
2005-0618.8
2006-0719.2
2007-0817.7
2008-0917.5
2009-1017.6
2010-1117.3
2011-1217.8
2012-1317.7
2013-1418.9
2014-1520.1
2015-1620.9
2016-1719.6
2017-1820.0
2018-1921.2
2019-2023.6
2020-2122.4
2021-2228.1
2022-2328.4
2023-2425.1
2024-2523.5
2025-2623.0

Figure as of unknown date. Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Burglary per 1,000: Police Service of Northern Ireland

Residential and business burglary recorded, per 1,000 residents.

The numbers behind this chart
Burglary per 1,000: Police Service of Northern Ireland (Burglary per 1,000, per 1,000)
YearPolice Service of Northern Ireland
1998-999.1
1999-009.4
2000-019.3
2001-0210.1
2002-0310.9
2003-049.5
2004-057.7
2005-067.4
2006-076.6
2007-086.6
2008-096.9
2009-106.9
2010-116.6
2011-125.8
2012-135.3
2013-145.0
2014-154.8
2015-164.7
2016-173.8
2017-183.6
2018-193.2
2019-203.2
2020-212.2
2021-222.0
2022-231.9
2023-241.8
2024-251.5
2025-261.3

Figure as of unknown date. Source: Police Service of Northern Ireland.

What the inspectorate found

The PSNI is inspected by HMICFRS under a separate commission, not in its PEEL programme.

What these figures do and don't show

  • Recorded crime is not all crime. It counts what is reported to the police and recorded under the Home Office Counting Rules. Recording practice differs between forces and has changed over time; the Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to national trends.
  • Breaks in the series are marked. After the inspectorate found in 2014 that one crime in five was not being recorded, recording improved, which pushed counts up from 2014-15; a rule change in May 2023 lowered some counts; and from April 2025 shop theft with force is counted as robbery.
  • Nothing here shows cause and effect. Funding, officers, recorded crime, charge rates and call answering are shown side by side. A force with more money or more officers per resident may face more demand; a higher crime rate may reflect better recording.
  • Areas differ. Rates divide by residents, but London and city-centre forces serve many commuters and visitors who are not residents. The Home Office’s most similar forces are the fairest comparison it publishes.
  • Budget years are plans. The latest funding year is the budget; earlier years are revised as in-year grants are shared out.

Where this sits: Police, United Kingdom → Northern Ireland → Police Service of Northern Ireland. Figures from data/services/police.json, generated 29 September 2026.

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Sources for this page

SourcePublisherFigures as ofUpdatedLicence
Police recorded crime in Northern Ireland: tables to 31 March (Table 15, by offence)Police Service of Northern Ireland—annualOpen Government Licence v3.0
Police Service of Northern Ireland, strength of police service statisticsPolice Service of Northern Ireland—annualQuoted with attribution (the publisher’s own terms) link only
999 call answering performance datapolice.uk (National Police Chiefs’ Council and Home Office)—annualOpen Government Licence v3.0

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