Gwent Police

Gwent Police
Heddlu Gwent
Logo of Gwent Police
Logo of Gwent Police
MottoProtecting and Reassuring
Amddiffyn a Chysuro
Agency overview
Formed1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Preceding agencies
Annual budget£142.2 million (2020/21)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionGwent, Wales
Gwent Police area within Wales
Size1,554 square kilometres (600 sq mi)
Population576,700 (2011)[2]
Primary governing bodyGwent Police and Crime Commissioner
Secondary governing bodyIndependent Police Complaints Commission
Independent Office for Police Conduct
Home Office
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersCroesyceiliog
Police officers1,308 (plus 70 special constables) (2020)[3]
PCSOs115 (2020)[3]
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Divisions
List
Facilities
Stations17
Vehicles174[4]
Website
www.gwent.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Gwent Police (Welsh: Heddlu Gwent) is a territorial police force in Wales, responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.

The force was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of Monmouthshire Constabulary and Newport Borough Police. In 1974 its area was realigned to cover the new administrative county of Gwent, and in 1996, it was expanded again to cover the former Rhymney Valley district area that had become part of the Caerphilly county borough.

As of March 2020, the force has 1,308 police officers, 70 special constables, 115 police community support officers (PCSO), 40 police support volunteers (PSV), and 647 staff.[3]

  1. ^ "Police Funding for England & Wales, 2015-2021" (PDF). Home Office. July 2020.
  2. ^ "The work of Welsh Government funded Community Support Officers, Appendix E - Gwent Police Force Area Report" (PDF). Government of Wales. 26 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Data tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2020 third edition'". Home Office. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Fleet List of Gwent Police Vehicles - a Freedom of Information request to Gwent Police". 27 February 2018.