From the booklet Wiltshire Statistics 1985, published by Wiltshire County Council, 1985:
The Wiltshire Constabulary – Police/Public Ratio
The Force has an authorised establishment of 1,045 officers giving a ratio of one police officer to 511 members of the public. This compares with the regional figure of 1:484 and with 1:496 for the average of the 39 English non-metropolitan counties.
The Force is organised into three territorial divisions based on the towns of Swindon and Chippenham and the city of Salisbury. The police officer/public ratio in each division is:-
‘A’ Division (Salisbury) 1:516
‘C’ Division (Chippenham) 1:622
‘D’ Division (Swindon) 1:517
Each of the divisions is further divided into sub-divisions, sections and detached rural beats. The seven sub-divisions of the Force constitute the operational command for day-to-day policing.