Durham Constabulary

Durham Constabulary
Agency overview
Formed1839; 185 years ago (1839)
Employees2,910[1]
Volunteers126[1]
Annual budget£112.3 million[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCounty Durham, England
Map of police area
Size862 sq. mi. (2,232 km2)
Population595,308
Legal jurisdictionEngland & Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersAykley Heads, Durham
Police officers
PCSOs131[2]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Basic Command Units
  • South Area
  • Darlington
  • East Area
  • West Area
Website
www.durham.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Durham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the council areas of County Durham and Darlington in North East England. It does not cover all of the ceremonial or historic area of Durham, parts of which are covered by the neighbouring forces of Cleveland Police and Northumbria Police. The other neighbouring forces are Cumbria Constabulary to the west and North Yorkshire Police to the south.

As of September 2020, the force has 1,168 police officers, 129 special constables, and 131 police community support officers (PCSO).[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Durham | Home Office". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference stats2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).