In England and Wales, 31.2% (40,319) of police officers were female on 31 March 2020. Previously, policewomen made up 28.6% in March 2016, [2] and 23.3% in 2007. [2] . Women also make up a majority of the non-sworn police staff.

Most of the police forces of the United Kingdom (including those of the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies) use a standardised set of ranks.

WPC 56 is a British television police procedural series, created and partly written by Dominique Moloney and broadcast on BBC One. The stories feature the first woman police constables (WPC) to join the fictional Midlands Constabulary at Brinford Police Station in 1956.

In Britain, a WPC was a female police officer of the lowest rank. WPC is an abbreviation for 'woman police constable'.

Feb 1, 2022 · The British Association for Women in Policing was founded to empower the Police services’ strong, hardworking women. The organisation’s mission is to continue to ensure that women’s voices in policing are both heard and understood.

Jun 17, 2014 · Across the UK around 4000 women took on a policing function as voluntary patrols, aiming to ensure orderly behaviour in parks, railways stations and other public spaces. Others were employed...

In August 1939, the Home Office approved the creation, in time of war, of the Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps (WAPC). This organization would comprise of unsworn women in uniform detailed to assist the regular police force.

Prepared from a document originally produced by William Salter, Elizabeth Watson, and Stuart Norton from Buckinghamshire New University in 2008. This sets the history of women in policing in the context of the general position of women in British society.

Formation of the British Association for Women in Policing 1987 Established as the only British organisation to support policewomen of all ranks and work towards gender equality.

Passionately working towards gender equality, the British Association of Women in Policing (BAWP) is the national organisation embracing policewomen of all ranks and grades. We support current and retired officers, as well as potential recruits, working with the police service and other police associations to offer: