Current statistics of women in NZ Police (PDF, 30KB)
- As at 30th April 2016, women comprised 32.2 percent of all New Zealand Police staff and 18.9 percent (1669) of 8831 constabulary staff.
By contrast, five years ago 17.3 percent (1524) of 8788 constabulary staff were women.
Male Female Total Female
%Constable 5,175 1,409 6,584 21.4% Sergeant 1,257 165 1,422 11.6% Senior
Sergeant420 54 474 11.4% Inspector 242 34 276 12.3% Superintendent
and
above43 7 50 14.0% Total 7,162 1,669 8,831 18.9% - By the ranks (2011 percentage in brackets)
Constable
21.4%
(19.8)
Sergeant
11.6%
(10.4)
Senior Sergeant
11.4%
(10.1)
Inspector
12.3%
(8.5)
Superintendent
14.0%
(4.8)
- The current (30 April 2016) Full Time Equivalent Constabulary female numbers are:
District Constable Sergeant Senior
SergeantInspector Superintendent
and
aboveTotal Northland
56
8
1
1
66
Waitemata
133
16
4
153
Auckland
City133
14
4
2
153
Counties
Manukau204
15
4
5
228
Waikato
98
8
2
3
111
Bay Of
Plenty113
7
3
123
Central
101
12
4
1
118
Eastern
69
6
1
1
1
78
Wellington
170
21
2
2
195
Tasman
44
2
1
2
1
50
Canterbury
145
16
4
165
Southern
83
5
5
1
93
Service
Centre60
36
23
13
4
136
Total
1,409
165
54
34
7
1,669
- As a percentage of the workforce this works out as:
District
Constable
Sergeant
Senior Sergeant
Inspector
Superintendent
and
aboveTotal
Northland
21.2%
16.7%
6.7%
14.3%
0.0%
19.7%
Waitemata
23.9%
14.9%
10.3%
0.0%
0.0%
21.2%
Auckland
City20.8%
13.1%
9.1%
11.8%
0.0%
18.9%
Counties
Manukau25.3%
10.0%
9.8%
29.4%
0.0%
22.5%
Waikato
20.2%
9.8%
8.4%
30.0%
0.0%
18.5%
Bay Of
Plenty21.7%
7.0%
10.0%
0.0%
0.0%
18.5%
Central
19.3%
11.9%
0.0%
30.8%
100.0%
17.7%
Eastern
20.5%
10.3%
6.3%
11.1%
100.0%
18.5%
Wellington
27.2%
18.6%
5.3%
11.8%
0.0%
24.6%
Tasman
18.4%
4.1%
6.7%
25.0%
100.0%
16.2%
Canterbury
20.6%
12.8%
11.1%
0.0%
0.0%
18.8%
Southern
19.0%
6.3%
16.5%
9.1%
0.0%
16.8%
Service
Centre12.9%
11.5%
19.5%
10.7%
10.8%
12.9%
Total
21.4%
11.6%
11.4%
12.3%
14.0%
18.9%
- In the last year Constabulary female attrition was 4.1%, which is actually slightly lower than the 4.2% for males. At that attrition rate the average expected service is 23 years for women and 22 for men.
Note for media: Attrition rate is simply the proportion of our staff who leave in a year, regardless of reason for leaving or length of service so it could include someone who left after 5 months and someone who retired after 50 years. The Police rate is amongst the lowest of any large employer in New Zealand.
- The current average service for Female Constabulary employees is 11.4 years, and this is much lower than it would be otherwise as there has been a massive growth in female numbers in recent years.
- In comparison, the current average length of service for a male constabulary officer is about 15 years. (A word of warning, this difference is caused by the large growth in female numbers in recent years, meaning there are a whole lot more women with quite small service levels bringing the average down. It is not caused by differences in attrition level meaning that women are leaving earlier.)
- In 2015 34 percent of all recruits starting at RNZPC were women, this is the first time woman have ever been over a third of recruits.
- Amongst our Constabulary Pacific workforce we are currently at about 15% women, which is a bit lower than the 19% rate for the overall Constabulary workforce.