ethnicity of officers (29A/23)
Request
What percentage of employees are from BAME background with a specific breakdown of each ethnic minority background?
Response
The data provided below is based on the terminology that we use within West Midlands Police.
As of 1st January 2023:
- 3% of total Force were Ethnic Minority Groups. This is the terminology we now use, we do not use BAME terminology.
| Ethnicity Status | % of Total Force |
| White British | 80.8% |
| White Other | 2.7% |
| Ethnic Minority Groups | 15.3% |
| Not Stated | 0.7% |
| Prefer not to say | 0.4% |
| Grand Total | 100.0% |
Detailed Ethnicity:
| Ethnicity | % of Total Force |
| White British | 80.8% |
| White – English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British | 80.8% |
| White Other | 2.7% |
| White – Any other White background | 2.0% |
| White – Eastern European | 0.0% |
| White – Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 0.0% |
| White – Irish | 0.7% |
| Ethnic Minority Groups | 15.3% |
| Any Other Ethnic Group | 0.2% |
| Asian – Any other Asian background | 0.7% |
| Asian – Bangladeshi | 0.8% |
| Asian – Chinese | 0.1% |
| Asian – Indian | 5.2% |
| Asian – Pakistani | 3.3% |
| Black – African | 0.2% |
| Black – Any other Black/African/Caribbean background | 0.3% |
| Black – Caribbean | 1.4% |
| Black – English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British | 0.0% |
| Mixed – Any other Mixed/multiple ethnic background | 0.6% |
| Mixed – White and Asian | 0.9% |
| Mixed – White and Black African | 0.1% |
| Mixed – White and Black Caribbean | 1.4% |
| Other – Arab | 0.1% |
| Not Stated | 0.7% |
| Not stated | 0.7% |
| Prefer not to say | 0.4% |
| Prefer not to say | 0.4% |
| Grand Total | 100.0% |
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