Cleveland Police

This article is about the police force in England. For the police force in Ohio, USA, see Cleveland Division of Police.

Cleveland Police
Logo of the Cleveland Police force
Logo of the Cleveland Police force
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1974; 50 years ago (1974-04-01)
Preceding agencies
Employees2,067[1]
Annual budget£95.4 million[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionNorth Yorkshire (part)
County Durham (part)
Map of police area
Size231 square miles (600 km2)[3]
Population569,000[3]
Legal jurisdictionEngland and Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersMiddlesbrough
Police Officers1,198[1]
Police Community Support Officers130[1]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Local Policing AreasHartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees
Website
www.cleveland.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Cleveland Police is a territorial police force in England responsible for the policing the boroughs of Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire and Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham within North East England. The force is overseen by the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner. Since 2022, the chief constable has been Mark Webster.

The force covers an area of 231 square miles (600 km2) with a recorded population of 569,000 in 2011. Geographically, the force has the second smallest police area of the 43 territorial police forces of England and Wales, after the City of London Police.[5] The force is responsible for policing a predominantly urban area with higher levels of deprivation than average in the United Kingdom.

In terms of officer numbers, Cleveland Police is the 12th smallest of the 48 police forces of the United Kingdom. As of September 2017, the force had 1,274 police officers, 278 police staff, 124 police community support officers and 64 special constables. In the 2019 annual assessment by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, Cleveland Police was rated 'inadequate' overall and rated 'inadequate' in all review areas, concluding that "crime prevention isn't a priority for the force and this is a cause of concern".

  1. ^ a b c "Structure". Cleveland.police.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2013.[failed verification]
  2. ^ "Police grant report 2013 to 2014". homeoffice.gov.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Cleveland Police Key Facts". HMICFRS. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference webster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Police Act 1996 – Schedule 1". Archived from the original on 23 December 2010.