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Police forces

47 pages. Grouped by region. Chief officer and officer numbers as at the data date shown on each page.

East Midlands 5

  • Derbyshire ConstabularyChief Constable: Rachel Swann

    Derbyshire Constabulary serves approximately one million people across a county that ranges from the urban post-industrial areas of the nort

  • Leicestershire PoliceTemporary Chief Constable: David Sandall

    Leicestershire Police serves a diverse population of approximately one million people across one of England's most ethnically diverse cities

  • Lincolnshire PoliceChief Constable: Paul Gibson

    Lincolnshire Police covers a vast rural county that is among England's most sparsely populated.

  • Northamptonshire PoliceChief Constable: Ivan Balhatchet

    Northamptonshire Police serves a growing county with significant logistics, distribution, and manufacturing sectors.

  • Nottinghamshire PoliceChief Constable: Kate Meynell

    Nottinghamshire Police serves a population of approximately 1.1 million across a city and county area with significant socioeconomic contras

East of England 6

  • Bedfordshire PoliceChief Constable: Trevor Rodenhurst

    Bedfordshire Police serves a population of approximately 700,000 and covers one of England's most diverse counties, with Luton being among t

  • Cambridgeshire ConstabularyChief Constable: Simon Megicks

    Cambridgeshire Constabulary serves approximately 900,000 people across a county with significant contrasts: the world-famous university city

  • Essex PoliceChief Constable: Ben-Julian Harrington

    Essex Police is one of England's largest forces by area and population, serving approximately 1.9 million people.

  • Hertfordshire ConstabularyChief Constable: Andy Prophet

    Hertfordshire Constabulary serves approximately 1.2 million people across a prosperous home counties county that experiences significant pre

  • Norfolk ConstabularyChief Constable: Paul Sanford

    Norfolk Constabulary serves approximately 900,000 people across England's fourth largest county by area.

  • Suffolk ConstabularyChief Constable: Rachel Kearton

    Suffolk Constabulary serves approximately 750,000 people across a predominantly rural and coastal county.

London 2

  • City of London PoliceCommissioner: Pete O'Doherty

    The City of London Police is the world's leading police force for economic crime, with national responsibilities for fraud and cybercrime in

  • Metropolitan Police ServiceCommissioner: Sir Mark Rowley

    The Metropolitan Police Service is by far the largest police force in the United Kingdom, with over 30,000 officers and a budget exceeding £

National 4

  • British Transport PoliceChief Constable: Lucy D'Orsi

    British Transport Police is the national police force for the railways of England, Scotland, and Wales, with a jurisdiction covering the ent

  • Civil Nuclear ConstabularyChief Constable: Simon Chesterman

    The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is an armed police force responsible for the protection of nuclear sites and the safe transportation of nucle

  • Ministry of Defence PoliceChief Constable: Melanie Dales

    The Ministry of Defence Police is a civilian constabulary responsible for the security and policing of MoD property and personnel across the

  • National Crime AgencyDirector General: Graeme Biggar

    The National Crime Agency is the UK's lead law enforcement agency against serious and organised crime, including drug trafficking, human tra

North East 3

  • Cleveland PoliceChief Constable: Mark Webster

    Cleveland Police serves one of the most economically deprived areas in England, covering a post-industrial area that presents significant ch

  • Durham ConstabularyChief Constable: Rachel Bacon

    Durham Constabulary polices a predominantly rural and semi-rural county with a strong industrial heritage, covering communities from cathedr

  • Northumbria PoliceChief Constable: Vanessa Jardine

    Northumbria Police is the largest territorial police force outside London by geographic area, covering approximately 2,100 square miles.

North West 5

  • Cheshire ConstabularyChief Constable: Mark Roberts

    Cheshire Constabulary serves a population of approximately one million people across the county of Cheshire.

  • Cumbria ConstabularyChief Constable: Darren Martland

    Cumbria Constabulary polices one of the most geographically challenging force areas in England, covering remote fells, national park terrain

  • Greater Manchester PoliceChief Constable: Sir Stephen Watson

    Greater Manchester Police is one of the largest police forces in the United Kingdom, serving a population of approximately 2.8 million acros

  • Lancashire ConstabularyChief Constable: Sacha Hatchett

    Lancashire Constabulary serves a diverse county with a population of approximately 1.5 million, encompassing urban centres, former industria

  • Merseyside PoliceChief Constable: Rob Carden

    Merseyside Police is responsible for policing a major metropolitan area centred on Liverpool, one of England's most significant cities with

South East 5

  • Hampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyChief Constable: Alexis Boon

    Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is one of England's largest forces by area and population, serving approximately 1.9 million people

  • Kent PoliceChief Constable: Tim Smith

    Kent Police serves approximately 1.8 million people in England's "Garden of England," but also one of its most operationally complex forces.

  • Surrey PoliceChief Constable: Tim De Meyer

    Surrey Police serves approximately 1.2 million people across one of England's wealthiest counties, situated immediately to the south of Lond

  • Sussex PoliceChief Constable: Jo Shiner

    Sussex Police serves approximately 1.7 million people across two counties with a combined coastline of over 100 miles.

  • Thames Valley PoliceChief Constable: Jason Hogg

    Thames Valley Police is the largest non-metropolitan force in England and Wales by officer numbers, serving approximately 2.4 million people

South West 5

  • Avon and Somerset ConstabularyChief Constable: Sarah Crew

    Avon and Somerset Constabulary serves approximately 1.7 million people across one of England's most diverse force areas, encompassing the ma

  • Devon & Cornwall PoliceInterim Chief Constable: James Vaughan

    Devon and Cornwall Police covers the largest geographic force area in England and Wales, extending from the outskirts of Bristol to Land's E

  • Dorset PoliceChief Constable: Amanda Pearson

    Dorset Police serves approximately 800,000 people across a county with significant contrasts between the major coastal conurbation of Bourne

  • Gloucestershire ConstabularyInterim Chief Constable: Maggie Blyth

    Gloucestershire Constabulary serves approximately 650,000 people across a county of significant contrasts: Cheltenham is home to GCHQ and a

  • Wiltshire PoliceChief Constable: Catherine Roper

    Wiltshire Police serves approximately 700,000 people across a predominantly rural county with significant military installations.

Wales 4

  • Dyfed-Powys PoliceChief Constable: Ifan Charles

    Dyfed-Powys Police covers approximately half of Wales by land area, serving a population of around 500,000 across one of the most sparsely p

  • Gwent PoliceChief Constable: Mark Hobrough

    Gwent Police serves approximately 600,000 people across south-east Wales, covering a diverse area from the city of Newport on the Severn Est

  • North Wales PoliceChief Constable: Amanda Blakeman

    North Wales Police serves approximately 700,000 people across a large and geographically varied area ranging from the English border towns o

  • South Wales PoliceChief Constable: Jeremy Vaughan

    South Wales Police is the largest force in Wales, serving approximately 1.3 million people.

West Midlands 4

  • Staffordshire PoliceChief Constable: Chris Noble

    Staffordshire Police serves approximately one million people across a county that is transitioning from its industrial heritage in the Potte

  • Warwickshire PoliceChief Constable: Alex Franklin-Smith

    Warwickshire Police is one of England's smaller forces, serving approximately 600,000 people across a predominantly rural county with severa

  • West Mercia PoliceChief Constable: Richard Cooper

    West Mercia Police is a large rural force covering four counties with a combined population of approximately 1.3 million.

  • West Midlands PoliceActing Chief Constable: Scott Green

    West Midlands Police is the second largest police force in England and Wales by officer numbers, serving a diverse population of approximate

Yorkshire and the Humber 4

  • Humberside PoliceChief Constable: Chris Todd

    Humberside Police covers a geographically distinctive area defined by the Humber Estuary, with significant port facilities at Hull, Immingha

  • North Yorkshire PoliceChief Constable: Tim Forber

    North Yorkshire Police polices England's largest county, covering an area of over 3,300 square miles that is predominantly rural with signif

  • South Yorkshire PoliceChief Constable: Lauren Poultney

    South Yorkshire Police serves approximately 1.4 million people across an area that combines major post-industrial cities with rural moorland

  • West Yorkshire PoliceChief Constable: Sir John Robins

    West Yorkshire Police is one of the largest metropolitan police forces in England, serving approximately 2.3 million people.