Northumbria Police
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Northumbria Police
Coverage
Northumbria Police area
Area	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Size	5,553 km²
Population
Operations
Formed	1974
HQ	Ponteland
Budget	{{{budget}}}
Officers	4,088
Areas	6
Stations	Sunderland West (AA), Sunderland Central (AA), Washington (AA), Southwick (AA), South Shields (BB), Gateshead Central (CC), Whickham (CC),North Shields (DD), Whitley Bay (DD), Killingworth (DD), Wallsend (DD) Newcastle Central (Pilgrim Street) (EE), Newcastle North (Etal Lane) (EE), Newcastle East (Clifford Street) (EE), Newcastle West (Westgate Road) (EE) Prudhoe (GG), Morpeth (GG), Alnmouth (GG), Berwick (GG)
Chief Constable	Mike Craik
Website	http://www.northumbria.police.uk/

Northumbria Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in England. The service is the sixth largest police constabulary in England or Wales. As of April 2005, the current Chief Constable is Mike Craik. The HQ of the service are located at Ponteland, near Newcastle Airport. Former Chief Constables include: Sir Stanley Bailey (1975-1991); John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (1991-1996), and Crispian Strachan CBE (1998-2005).

History

The force was formed in 1974 and was a merger of the old Northumberland Constabulary along with part of the Durham Constabulary. The police forces for the county boroughs of South Shields, Gateshead, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne and Tynemouth had already been amalgamated into their respective county forces in the late 1960s, with the Berwick-upon-Tweed police having been merged into Northumberland in 1921.¹

Under proposals made by the Home Secretary on February 6, 2006, it would merge with Cleveland Police and Durham Constabulary to form a single strategic police force for the North East England. Both Northumbria and Durham favour this proposal, while Cleveland has expressed a wish that it be merged with the southern area of the Durham Force.²³ These proposals have since been dropped nationwide.

Command Team

• Chief Constable , Michael Craik QPM , BSc(Hons)
• Deputy Chief Constable , Sue Sim
• Acting Assistant Chief Constable , Jim Campbell
• Acting Assistant Chief Constable , Keith Mavin

Division Structure

Northumbria Police is divided into six Area Commands with numerous stations within⁴:

Sunderland (AA)

• Gillbridge
• Houghton le Spring
• Southwick
• Sunderland West (Farringdon)
• Washington

South Tyneside (BB)

• South Shields
• Hebburn
• Harton
• Jarrow
• Boldon

Gateshead (CC)

• Gateshead Central
• Whickham
• Gateshead MetroCentre

North Tyneside (DD)

• North Shields
• Whitley Bay
• Killingworth
• Wallsend

Newcastle upon Tyne (EE)

• Newcastle Central (Pilgrim Street)
• Newcastle North (Etal Lane)
• Newcastle East (Clifford Street)
• Newcastle West (Westgate Road)

Northumberland (FF South East Northumberland SENAC) & (GG Northumberland)

• Alnwick GG
• Ashington FF
• Bedlington FF
• Berwick GG
• Blyth FF
• Cramlington FF
• Prudhoe GG
• Hexham GG
• Morpeth GG
• Amble GG
• Bellingham GG
• Broomhill GG
• Corbridge GG
  • Haltwhistle GG
• Ponteland GG
• Rothbury GG
• Seahouses GG
• Wooler GG
• Newbiggin FF

Communications

There are two central communication centres:

• Northern Communication Centre (NCC) which deals with all stations and commands North of the Tyne, based at Force HQ in Ponteland.
• Southern Communication Centre (SCC) which deals with all stations and commands South of the Tyne, based at South Shields.

References

External links

• Official website

See also

• List of police forces in the United Kingdom
• Policing in the United Kingdom