Police Stations and Counters information 2015-2025

Request

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.

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.

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.

Response

Question 1 + 2

* this does not include support buildings where there is no direct access to the public, nor community buildings where SYP share space

Question 2 a)

The closure of our stations is based on a strategic approach, the effective asset management, and aligning to a financial position.