Yeah, well, that's for the year ending March which included the dog days of the Tories. "Accredited Official Statistics cover March and September snapshots only, on both an FTE and a headcount basis; however, based on management information collected by the National Police Chief’s Council, which is available on a headcount basis only, there has been a small decrease of 84 officers (or 0.1%) compared to June 2024, when the new Government took office".
And there were 17,175 FTE police officers and PCSOs in neighbourhood policing roles as at 31 March 2025, a 1.3% increase (214 FTE) from 31 March 2024 when there were 16,961 officers and PCSOs in neighbourhood policing roles.
And funding for the National Policing Guarantee only started in April.