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.
