About Police Take-Home Pay

Police Take-Home Pay (policetakehome.co.uk) is a free, independent take-home pay calculator for UK police officers. It turns a gross salary into an itemised breakdown of income tax, National Insurance, pension contributions and student loan repayments, so you can see what actually reaches your bank account.

We built it because most salary calculators are generic: they ignore the pay framework you are actually on. This site models the real structure — the pay scales set by the Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB), the allowances, the pension scheme and the working week — rather than treating your salary as an arbitrary number.

It is part of a network of UK take-home pay calculators that also covers NHS staff, doctors, police officers, firefighters, teachers and everyone else.

Last updated: 18 August 2026

Who runs this site

The site is operated by Dabble Solutions Ltd, a UK-registered company (company number 17016788), trading as Take Home Network. It is run by an independent UK-based software developer, not by a union, employer, government body or financial services firm.

We are not financial advisers, accountants or tax agents. We are engineers who think the UK pay and tax system should be legible to the people living under it. Nothing on this site is financial advice, and the figures are estimates — your payslip and your payroll department are always the authority on your actual pay.

The site is free to use, funded by advertising and occasional sponsorship. We do not collect, store or transmit any salary information you enter — the calculator runs entirely in your browser.

What this calculator models

• Federated and superintending pay scales are set by the PRRB and normally take effect on 1 September each year. Chief officer pay is set separately.
• The standard working week is 40 hours under Police Regulations 2003. Hourly rates on this site are annual pay ÷ (40 × 52.143).
• London Weighting (£3,150) and London Allowance (£6,588) are applied for Metropolitan and City of London officers — a combined uplift of £9,738.
• Pension modelling uses the PPS 2015 CARE tiers (12.44% / 13.44% / 13.78%), plus the legacy 1987 and 2006 schemes where relevant.
• British Transport Police officers are covered separately, including the BTP Force Superannuation Fund and 4-weekly pay cycles.

The 2026 award was confirmed at 3.5% from 1 September 2026. Until the Home Office circular publishes the exact pay points, the site shows the current 1 September 2025 scales with the confirmed uplift flagged.

Corrections

If a figure looks wrong, please tell us — corrections from people who actually receive these payslips are the most valuable feedback we get, and several have been fixed within a day of being reported. Email contact@policetakehome.co.uk or use the contact page.