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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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