FOI 1034-2024/25 Police Station Closures
Request
Data is requested from 2014 to the present if available. If data is not available from 2014, please provide information from the earliest year for which data is available, and state that year.
Q1. Between 2014 (or the earliest year from which data is held) and 2024, how many police stations have closed in your force?
Q2. Of the police stations that were closed, how many had front counters open to the public?
Q3. Between 2014 (or the earliest year from which data is held) and 2024, how many police stations have opened in your force area?
Q4. Of those police stations that were opened, how many had front counters that still remain open to the public?
Based on the personal knowledge of relevant parties now e.g. individual(s) responsible for the force's estate and/or front counter services:
Q5. Where stations with front counters closed and were either closed completely or not replaced by a new station with a front counter, what was mainly the rationale for this?
- to reduce costs/save money
- lack of use by the public
- the availability of alternative services e.g. online
Q6. Does your force have any plans to close front counters in the future? YES/NO. If yes, why (please select from options above).
Q7. Does your force have any plans to open front counters in the future? YES/NO. If yes, why (please provide a short description).
A police station is defined as any building where officers and staff are permanently based.
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
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Decision
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Q1. Since 2014 three police buildings have been closed without relocation or replacement.
Q2. Of those three buildings, at the time of closing none had front counters regularly open to the public.
Q3. Other than relocations, no additional buildings have been opened.
Q4. Not applicable. Please see response to Q3.
Q5. As stated at Question 2, at the time of closing none of the buildings had front counters regularly open to the public.
Q6 & 7. North Yorkshire Police has no current plans to open or close any of our current operational front counters, however, we are looking into various options of how we can expand our contact options to better suit the needs of our communities.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.