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Name of police area | Extent |
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Avon and Somerset | The county of Somerset and the non-metropolitan districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North West Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
Bedfordshire | [F1The non-metropolitan districts of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton] |
Cambridgeshire | The county of Cambridgeshire [F2and the non-metropolitan district of Peterborough] |
Cheshire | [F3The non-metropolitan districts of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington] |
Cleveland | The non-metropolitan districts of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees |
Cumbria | The county of Cumbria |
Derbyshire | The county of Derbyshire and the non-metropolitan district of Derby |
Devon and Cornwall | The counties of Devon and Cornwall [F4, the non-metropolitan districts of Plymouth and Torbay]and the Isles of Scilly |
Dorset | The county of Dorset and the non-metropolitan districts of Bournemouth and Poole |
Durham | The county of Durham and the non-metropolitan district of Darlington |
Essex | The county of Essex [F5and the non-metropolitan districts of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock] |
Gloucestershire | The county of Gloucestershire |
Greater Manchester | The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan |
[F6Hampshire and Isle of Wight] | The counties of Hampshire and Isle of Wight and the non-metropolitan districts of Portsmouth and Southampton |
Hertfordshire | The county of Hertfordshire |
Humberside | The non-metropolitan districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire |
Kent | The county of Kent [F7and the non-metropolitan district of Medway Towns] |
Lancashire | The county of Lancashire [F8and the non-metropolitan districts of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool] |
Leicestershire | The county of Leicestershire and the non-metropolitan districts of Leicester and Rutland |
Lincolnshire | The county of Lincolnshire |
Merseyside | The metropolitan districts of Knowsley, Liverpool, St. Helens, Sefton and Wirral |
Norfolk | The county of Norfolk |
Northamptonshire | The county of Northamptonshire |
Northumbria | The county of Northumberland and the metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland |
North Yorkshire | The county of North Yorkshire and the non-metropolitan district of York |
Nottinghamshire | The county of Nottinghamshire [F9and the non-metropolitan district of Nottingham] |
South Yorkshire | The metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield |
Staffordshire | The county of Staffordshire and the non-metropolitan district of Stoke-on-Trent |
Suffolk | The county of Suffolk |
Surrey | The county of Surrey |
Sussex | The counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and the non-metropolitan district of Brighton and Hove |
Thames Valley | The counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and the non-metropolitan district of Milton Keynes |
Warwickshire | The county of Warwickshire |
West Mercia | The counties of F10. . . Shropshire [F11and Worcestershire and the non-metropolitan districts of Herefordshire and The Wrekin] |
West Midlands | The metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton |
West Yorkshire | The metropolitan districts of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield |
Wiltshire | The county of Wiltshire and the non-metropolitan district of Thamesdown |
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/119), arts. 1(1), 3
F2Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1846, art. 3
F3Words in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Areas and Membership of Public Bodies in Bedfordshire and Cheshire) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/119), arts. 1(1), 6
F4Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1849, art. 3
F5Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1847, art. 3
F6Words in Sch. 1 substituted (13.7.2022) by The Police Act 1996 (Amendment and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/790), regs. 1(2), 2
F7Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1857, art. 3
F8Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1855, art. 3
F9Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1850, art. 3
F10Words in entry in Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(a)
F11Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(b)
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