Police Stations
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008694/N
Version Date: 09/09/2025
The Estates Department have provided the following information.
Please could you provide the following information for each calendar year since 2015 (or the most recent year for which data is available):
1. The number of operational police stations or front counters at the end of each year - please provide for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 YTD.
| Year | Stations at Year End |
| 2015 | 87 |
| 2016 | 82 |
| 2017 | 81 |
| 2018 | 77 |
| 2019 | 74 |
| 2020 | 81 |
| 2021 | 77 |
| 2022 | 78 |
| 2023 | 78 |
| 2024 | 76 |
| 2025 | 74 |
2. The number of police stations or front counters that have closed in your force area each year - please provide for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 YTD.
| Year | Stations Closed |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 |
a. Of the police stations that are no longer operational and that your force has closed down, why were they closed (eg. financial issues, no longer deemed necessary)
If possible, please provide the data in a table format, broken down by year and station/front counter.
The majority of front counters/stations were closed due to low footfall or cost savings.
Some leases ended so the station/front counter was relocated. These still fall under the ‘closed’ count in the table.