# United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Police; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands ()

United Kingdom Public Sector Employment by Industry; Police; UK; HC; NSA; Thousands () was down 0.4% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.7% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 280.0 thousands.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.8% (Q2 2016) to 4.8% (Q2 2020), averaging 1.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-POLICE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1991-04-01 to 2026-04-01 (141 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/public-sector-employment-by-industry-police-uk-hc-nsa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 280.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q1 2026 | 280.0 thousands | −0.7 |
| Q4 2025 | 280.0 thousands | −0.7 |
| Q3 2025 | 280.0 thousands | −0.7 |
| Q2 2025 | 281.0 thousands | −0.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 282.0 thousands | 0.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 282.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 282.0 thousands | 0.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 282.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q1 2024 | 282.0 thousands | 0.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 281.0 thousands | 1.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 281.0 thousands | 2.6 |
| Q2 2023 | 280.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 280.0 thousands | 2.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 276.0 thousands | 2.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 274.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 272.0 thousands | 1.1 |
| Q1 2022 | 272.0 thousands | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 270.0 thousands | 2.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 271.0 thousands | 3.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 269.0 thousands | 3.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 268.0 thousands | 3.9 |
| Q4 2020 | 264.0 thousands | 4.3 |
| Q3 2020 | 263.0 thousands | 4.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-POLICE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.PUBSEC.Q.NSA.MEASURE-HC.SECTOR-POLICE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```