Bedfordshire Police

Bedfordshire Police has submitted data every year since 2017, with all 9 submissions on time.

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Last submission received on Thursday, 12 Feb 2026 at 14:18 UTC.

Employer ID 1945
Company Number N/A
Employer Size 1000 to 4999
Years Submitted
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Overall workforce composition

Deviation from a 50:50 gender split, averaged across all four pay quartiles per year. 0% represents an equal split of men and women; positive values mean more women, negative means fewer women.

Hourly pay gap over time

Positive values indicate women's hourly pay is lower than men's by that percentage. A value of 0 indicates equal pay; negative values indicate women earn more.

Pay quartile breakdown

Each band shows the percentage of that quartile that is male vs female.

Lower quartile bottom 25% of earners

Lower-middle quartile 25–50th percentile

Upper-middle quartile 50–75th percentile

Top quartile top 25% of earners

Bonus pay

Percentage of each gender who received a bonus payment.

Bonus pay gap — positive values indicate women's bonus pay is lower than men's.

Year by year

Each year's submission in full. Most recent year shown first.

2025 Mean pay gap 6.2%

In this organisation, women earned 87p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 42.9% of the highest paid quarter and 58.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.2%
Median hourly pay gap 12.9%
Men receiving bonus 14.1%
Women receiving bonus 11.2%
Mean bonus gap 15.9%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 42.9%
57.1%
Upper-middle 46.9%
53.1%
Lower-middle 58.6%
41.4%
Lower quartile 58.4%
41.6%
2024 Mean pay gap 6.7%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 44.7% of the highest paid quarter and 55.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.7%
Median hourly pay gap 10.0%
Men receiving bonus 16.5%
Women receiving bonus 13.3%
Mean bonus gap 23.0%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 44.7%
55.3%
Upper-middle 45.6%
54.4%
Lower-middle 56.5%
43.5%
Lower quartile 55.8%
44.2%
2023 Mean pay gap 5.9%

In this organisation, women earned 93p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 38.9% of the highest paid quarter and 52.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 5.9%
Median hourly pay gap 7.2%
Men receiving bonus 49.9%
Women receiving bonus 61.3%
Mean bonus gap 15.3%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 38.9%
61.1%
Upper-middle 48.2%
51.8%
Lower-middle 59.5%
40.5%
Lower quartile 52.1%
47.9%
2022 Mean pay gap 6.1%

In this organisation, women earned 91p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 16.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 36.2% of the highest paid quarter and 53.4% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.1%
Median hourly pay gap 9.4%
Men receiving bonus 11.4%
Women receiving bonus 5.9%
Mean bonus gap 37.2%
Median bonus gap 16.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 36.2%
63.8%
Upper-middle 50.6%
49.4%
Lower-middle 56.4%
43.6%
Lower quartile 53.4%
46.6%
2021 Mean pay gap 6.2%

In this organisation, women earned 88p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 39.9% of the highest paid quarter and 50.5% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 6.2%
Median hourly pay gap 12.5%
Men receiving bonus 18.2%
Women receiving bonus 9.8%
Mean bonus gap 19.5%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.9%
60.1%
Upper-middle 47.6%
52.4%
Lower-middle 57.8%
42.2%
Lower quartile 50.5%
49.5%
2020 Mean pay gap 7.3%

In this organisation, women earned 90p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 66.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 39.3% of the highest paid quarter and 53.3% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 7.3%
Median hourly pay gap 9.8%
Men receiving bonus 12.7%
Women receiving bonus 7.3%
Mean bonus gap 18.3%
Median bonus gap 66.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 39.3%
60.7%
Upper-middle 46.0%
54.0%
Lower-middle 56.1%
43.9%
Lower quartile 53.3%
46.7%
2019 Mean pay gap 10.2%

In this organisation, women earned 80p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 33.6% of the highest paid quarter and 55.7% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.2%
Median hourly pay gap 20.3%
Men receiving bonus 14.1%
Women receiving bonus 2.7%
Mean bonus gap 56.1%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 33.6%
66.4%
Upper-middle 46.7%
53.3%
Lower-middle 56.0%
44.0%
Lower quartile 55.7%
44.3%
2018 Mean pay gap 10.3%

In this organisation, women earned 82p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women's median bonus pay was 37.7% lower than men's.

Women made up 40.3% of the highest paid quarter and 54.1% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 10.3%
Median hourly pay gap 18.1%
Men receiving bonus 5.4%
Women receiving bonus 0.5%
Mean bonus gap 26.5%
Median bonus gap 37.7%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 40.3%
59.7%
Upper-middle 45.7%
54.3%
Lower-middle 47.8%
52.2%
Lower quartile 54.1%
45.9%
2017 Mean pay gap 11.1%

In this organisation, women earned 85p for every £1 that men earned when comparing median hourly pay.

Women made up 34.5% of the highest paid quarter and 56.8% of the lowest paid quarter.

Mean hourly pay gap 11.1%
Median hourly pay gap 14.6%
Men receiving bonus 1.4%
Women receiving bonus 0.8%
Mean bonus gap 39.7%
Median bonus gap 0.0%

Pay quartile breakdown

Women
Men
Top quartile 34.5%
65.5%
Upper-middle 34.3%
65.7%
Lower-middle 55.6%
44.4%
Lower quartile 56.8%
43.2%