NET DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE PER CITIZEN SERVED AND THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON AVERAGE STRENGTH IN RELATION TO THE POPULATION SERVED ARE GRAPHICALLY COMPARED FOR NONMETROPOLITAN AND METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF LONDON. ACTUAL AND ESTIMATED STATISTICS FOR 1977/78 ARE COMPARED FOR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND EXPENDITURE AND INCOME. THE INCREASE OF ACTUAL OVERESTIMATED NET EXPENDITURE IS SHOWN. THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES: (1) GENERAL STATISTICS (SIZE OF POPULATION SERVED, DENSITY OF POPULATION SERVED, AND SIZE OF THE AREA SERVED); (2) ACTUAL AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF OFICERS AND CIVILIAN STAFF AND THE POPULATION PER EMPLOYEE; AND (3) ACTUAL AND COMPARATIVE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. THE SAME STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED FOR REGIONAL CRIME SQUADS. THE NAMES OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS ARE LISTED FOR EACH DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL CRIME SQUAD. (RCB)