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Autonomous Police-Mossos d'Esquadra. Members. By sex and rank. Areas

Autonomous Police-Mossos d'Esquadra. Members. By sex and rank. Areas Catalonia. 2024
Major Comissari Intendent Inspector Subinspector Sergeant Corporal Officer Total
Men 0 19 46 138 389 854 2,246 10,770 14,463
Women 0 7 6 16 40 125 407 3,966 4,567
Total 0 26 52 154 429 979 2,653 14,736 19,029
Metropolità 0 3 14 54 176 418 1,042 7,033 8,740
Comarques Gironines 0 1 1 11 41 95 296 1,626 2,071
Camp de Tarragona 0 0 3 9 37 71 198 1,213 1,531
Terres de l'Ebre 0 0 2 3 11 34 96 396 542
Ponent 0 1 1 12 24 53 143 816 1,050
Comarques Centrals 0 1 2 4 23 39 125 668 862
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 0 1 2 7 33 100 377 520
Penedès 0 0 0 4 9 37 81 505 636
Non county 0 20 28 55 101 199 572 2,102 3,077
Source: Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety.
Note: Including the support scale (specialised technical staff) and the non-police support technicians, the total personnel stands at 19,581.

Last update: July 23, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Mossos d'Esquadra
The police force of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Methodological aspects

The legislation that regulates the activity of the Generalitat de Catalunya Police Force-Mossos d'Esquadra is highly extensive and specific. It was created by Law 19/1983 and retains the historical name of the Catalan police at the end of the 17th century. The Mossos d'Esquadra was the first professional police force in Catalonia and was a pioneer in the whole of Spain.

The deployment of the Mossos d'Esquadra in Catalonia began in 1994 and ended in 2008.

The Mossos d'Esquadra has four main areas of action: public safety, administration, judicial investigation and traffic. In addition, it is part of its functions to protect the authorities and dependencies of the Government of Catalonia; take care of public safety and public order; act as administrative and judicial police, and interurban traffic.

A table showing the number of personnel of each rank is presented: superintendent, intendent, inspector, sub-inspector, sergeant, corporal and officer. The territorial level is the area of the Territorial Plan and the total for Catalonia.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".