Section 1.
| Name of police area | Extent |
|---|---|
| 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 | The county of Bedfordshire and the non-metropolitan district of Luton |
| Cambridgeshire | The county of Cambridgeshire [F1and the non-metropolitan district of Peterborough] |
| Cheshire | The county of Cheshire [F2and the non-metropolitan districts of 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 [F3, 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 [F4and 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 |
| Hampshire | 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 [F5and the non-metropolitan district of Medway Towns] |
| Lancashire | The county of Lancashire [F6and 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 [F7and 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 F8. . . Shropshire [F9and 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 entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1846, art. 3
F2Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1845, art. 3
F3Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1849, art. 3
F4Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1847, art. 3
F5Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1857, art. 3
F6Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1855, art. 3
F7Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1850, art. 3
F8Words in entry in Sch. 1 omitted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(a)
F9Words in entry in Sch. 1 inserted (1.4.1998) by S.I. 1997/1844, art. 3(b)
| Name of police area | Extent |
|---|---|
| Dyfed Powys | The counties of [F10Ceredigion], Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Powys |
| Gwent | The county of Monmouthshire and the county boroughs of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Newport and Torfaen |
| North Wales | [F11The counties of the Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Flintshire and the county boroughs of Conwy and Wrexham.] |
| South Wales | The counties of Cardiff and Swansea and the county boroughs of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, [F12Neath Port Talbot], Rhondda, Cynon, Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan |
Textual Amendments
F10Word in entry in Sch. 1 substituted (25.6.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 129(b); S.I. 1997/1377, art. 2(2)(i)
F11Entry in Sch. 1 substituted (25.6.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 129(c); S.I. 1997/1377, art. 2(2)(i)
F12Words in entry in Sch. 1 substituted (25.6.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 129(d); S.I. 1997/1377, art. 2(2)(i)