POLICE STATION RATES | This is a complete list of police station rates.
The rates were increased by 15% on 30th September 2022.
The rates are listed without VAT. If you need to work out an Escape Fee head over to our Escape Fee Calculator. | Lowest: | £145.57 | Blackpool | Highest: | £315.86 | Heathrow | Average: | £208.13 | |
| | | | Updated 10th September 2022: added court duty rates and menu. Many thanks to David Anderson of Hines Solicitors for his eagle eyed attention to detail! | |
| REGION 1: Avon & Somerset | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Avon North & Thornbury | £204.63 | £645.71 | Bath | £222.38 | £667.12 | Mendip & South Somerset | £249.17 | £747.52 | Bristol | £183.98 | £551.93 | Taunton Deane | £208.83 | £707.32 | Sedgemore | £208.83 | £707.32 | Weston-Super-Mare | £208.09 | £624.28 |
| REGION 2: Bedfordshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Bedford | £193.09 | £594.80 | Luton | £204.63 | £691.23 |
| REGION 3: Cambridgeshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Cambridge | £186.79 | £576.05 | Ely | £204.63 | £661.77 | Huntingdon | £199.16 | £597.48 | March & Wisbech | £197.37 | £592.14 | Peterborough | £164.34 | £492.99 |
| REGION 4: Cheshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Crewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield | £202.53 | £621.60 | Warrington / Halton | £177.72 | £533.16 | Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich) | £184.87 | £554.61 |
| REGION 5: Cleveland | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Hartlepool | £151.11 | £466.21 | Teesside | £156.35 | £479.58 |
| REGION 6: Cumbria | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Barrow in Furness | £176.84 | £530.50 | Kendal & Windermere | £210.77 | £632.30 | Penrith / Carlisle | £199.16 | £597.48 | Whitehaven / Workington | £165.22 | £495.67 |
| REGION 7: Derbyshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | East Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston | £237.56 | £712.68 | Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton) | £218.81 | £656.42 | Chesterfield | £204.52 | £613.54 | Derby / Swadlincote | £204.63 | £656.42 |
| REGION 8: Devon & Cornwall | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Barnstaple | £200.05 | £600.16 | Exeter | £177.72 | £533.16 | Plymouth | £206.31 | £618.92 | East Cornwall | £228.77 | £776.99 | Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith | £204.63 | £648.39 | Teignbridge / Torbay | £187.65 | £562.64 |
| REGION 9: Dorset | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Central Dorset | £209.88 | £629.63 | Bournemouth & Christchurch | £167.00 | £501.02 | Poole East Dorset | £176.30 | £541.19 | Bridport / West Dorset | £167.90 | £503.70 |
| REGION 10: Durham | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Darlington | £177.72 | £533.16 | South Durham | £175.25 | £538.52 | Durham | £204.63 | £637.65 | Derwentside | £197.37 | £592.14 | Easington | £192.04 | £589.42 |
| REGION 11: Dyfed Powys | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Amman Valley | £204.63 | £656.42 | Carmarthen East Dyfed | £232.21 | £696.61 | Llanelli | £159.51 | £490.29 | Brecon & Radnor | £233.99 | £701.97 | Mid Wales | £178.62 | £535.84 | North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion | £234.88 | £704.64 | Pembrokeshire | £192.04 | £592.14 |
| REGION 12: Essex | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Basildon | £204.63 | £632.30 | Brentwood | £286.48 | £972.58 | Braintree | £228.77 | £774.32 | Clacton & Harwich / Colchester | £204.63 | £648.39 | Grays | £267.59 | £908.27 | Harlow & Loughton | £267.59 | £908.27 | Stansted | £295.93 | £1,004.72 | Rayleigh / Southend on Sea | £192.02 | £576.05 | Chelmsford / Witham | £202.53 | £624.28 |
| REGION 13: Gloucestershire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Cheltenham | £181.54 | £559.96 | Gloucester | £178.40 | £549.25 | Stroud | £204.63 | £629.63 |
| REGION 14: Greater Manchester | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Manchester | £204.63 | £675.18 | Stockport | £192.90 | £578.71 | Trafford | £204.63 | £643.03 | Salford | £204.63 | £656.42 | Bolton | £189.34 | £568.02 | Bury | £183.98 | £551.93 | Wigan | £195.58 | £586.75 | Rochdale / Middleton | £194.70 | £584.07 | Tameside | £179.45 | £551.93 | Oldham | £158.08 | £474.24 |
| REGION 15: Gwent | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | East Gwent | £195.19 | £600.16 | Newport | £192.04 | £589.42 | Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty/ South Bedwellty | £204.63 | £640.33 |
| REGION 16: Hampshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Aldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire) | £229.82 | £779.67 | Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire) | £242.03 | £726.09 | Isle of Wight | £197.37 | £592.14 | Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire) | £202.73 | £608.19 | Gosport & Fareham | £247.38 | £742.14 | Southampton (South West Hampshire) | £228.63 | £685.88 |
| REGION 17: Hertfordshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead) | £241.36 | £817.16 | Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire | £292.78 | £993.99 | Stevenage & North Hertfordshire | £271.79 | £921.68 | St. Albans | £246.61 | £807.59 | Watford | £242.41 | £822.54 |
| REGION 18: Humberside | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Grimsby & Cleethorpes | £154.50 | £463.50 | Scunthorpe | £165.81 | £511.73 | Hull | £176.30 | £541.19 | Beverley / Bridlington | £204.63 | £675.18 | Goole | £209.88 | £710.00 |
| REGION 19: Kent | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Dartford & Gravesend | £267.93 | £803.78 | Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone | £236.11 | £801.10 | Medway | £235.77 | £707.32 | Swale | £279.53 | £838.60 | Maidstone & West Malling | £249.17 | £747.52 | Canterbury / Thanet | £204.63 | £693.94 | West Kent (Tonbridge) | £239.35 | £718.06 |
| REGION 20: Lancashire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Burnley / Rossendale | £186.66 | £559.96 | Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley | £204.63 | £667.12 | Blackpool | £145.57 | £436.71 | Fleetwood | £149.14 | £447.44 | Lancaster | £183.08 | £549.25 | Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland | £200.94 | £602.83 | Preston | £164.34 | £492.99 |
| REGION 21: Leicestershire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Ashby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray | £208.98 | £626.95 | Leicester | £204.63 | £634.97 | Hinckley / Market Harborough | £232.21 | £696.61 |
| REGION 22: Lincolnshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Boston, Bourne, Stamford | £199.39 | £613.54 | Skegness | £179.50 | £538.52 | Lincoln / Gainsborough | £185.76 | £557.28 | Grantham & Sleaford | £183.64 | £565.31 |
| REGION 23: London | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Barking | £258.15 | £876.13 | Bexley | £230.86 | £782.35 | Bishopsgate | £269.69 | £913.62 | Brent | £251.85 | £852.01 | Brentford | £256.05 | £868.07 | Bromley | £243.46 | £825.22 | Camberwell Green | £251.85 | £854.68 | Central London | £272.84 | £924.35 | Clerkenwell / Hampstead | £255.00 | £862.71 | Croydon | £248.70 | £841.27 | Ealing | £264.44 | £897.77 | Enfield | £250.80 | £849.33 | Greenwich / Woolwich | £240.30 | £814.49 | Haringey | £259.20 | £878.80 | Harrow | £251.85 | £854.68 | Havering | £235.06 | £795.75 | Heathrow | £315.86 | £1,071.72 | Hendon / Barnet | £253.95 | £860.04 | Highbury Corner | £264.44 | £894.88 | Kingston-Upon-Thames | £262.35 | £889.50 | Newham | £252.90 | £857.36 | Old Street | £251.85 | £854.68 | Redbridge | £259.20 | £878.80 | Richmond-Upon-Thames | £277.04 | £937.73 | South London | £264.44 | £894.88 | Sutton | £250.80 | £849.33 | Thames | £250.80 | £849.33 | Tower Bridge | £267.59 | £908.27 | Uxbridge | £242.41 | £822.54 | Waltham Forest | £235.06 | £798.42 | West London | £270.74 | £918.97 | Wimbledon | £257.09 | £870.77 |
| REGION 24: Merseyside | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Bootle & Crosby | £186.79 | £573.37 | Southport | £156.30 | £468.88 | Liverpool | £206.31 | £618.92 | St Helens | £176.30 | £543.90 | Knowsley | £189.93 | £584.07 | Wirral | £181.54 | £557.28 |
| REGION 25: Norfolk | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Cromer & North Walsham | £211.98 | £718.06 | Great Yarmouth | £193.80 | £581.39 | Kings Lynn & West Norfolk | £189.34 | £568.02 | Norwich & District | £194.70 | £584.07 | Diss / Thetford | £201.48 | £618.92 | Dereham | £227.71 | £771.64 |
| REGION 26: North Wales | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Bangor & Caernarfon | £217.91 | £653.74 | Colwyn Bay | £199.39 | £613.54 | Denbighshire | £217.02 | £651.06 | Dolgellau | £217.02 | £651.06 | Mold & Hawarden | £204.63 | £637.65 | North Anglesey | £226.85 | £680.54 | Pwllheli | £153.61 | £460.83 | Wrexham | £185.76 | £557.28 |
| REGION 27: North Yorkshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Northallerton & Richmond | £220.59 | £661.77 | Harrogate & Ripon | £211.66 | £634.97 | Skipton, Settle & Ingleton | £204.63 | £629.63 | Scarborough / Whitby | £175.25 | £538.52 | Malton & Rydale | £168.80 | £506.38 | York / Selby | £183.64 | £565.31 |
| REGION 28: Northamptonshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Corby (Kettering) / Wellingborough | £181.30 | £543.90 | Northampton | £196.48 | £589.42 |
| REGION 29: Northumbria | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | South East Northumberland | £170.58 | £511.73 | Newcastle upon Tyne | £158.46 | £487.61 | Gateshead | £164.34 | £492.99 | North Tyneside | £161.61 | £495.67 | South Tyneside | £153.21 | £471.56 | Sunderland | £171.05 | £527.82 | Houghton Le Spring | £171.05 | £527.82 | Berwick & Alnwick | £203.58 | £626.95 | Tynedale & Hexham | £177.34 | £546.57 |
| REGION 30: Nottinghamshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Mansfield | £184.69 | £568.02 | Newark | £207.20 | £621.60 | Nottingham | £206.31 | £618.92 | Worksop & East Retford | £196.24 | £602.83 |
| REGION 31: South Wales | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Cardiff | £204.63 | £675.18 | Vale of Glamorgan | £239.35 | £718.06 | Cynon Valley | £204.63 | £648.39 | Mid Glamorgan & Miskin | £204.63 | £675.18 | Merthyr Tydfil | £204.63 | £669.83 | Port Talbot | £251.85 | £852.01 | Newcastle & Ogmore | £204.63 | £685.88 | Neath | £207.78 | £704.64 | Swansea | £197.28 | £608.19 |
| REGION 32: South Yorkshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Barnsley | £182.60 | £562.64 | Doncaster | £176.30 | £541.19 | Rotherham | £186.79 | £576.05 | Sheffield | £192.04 | £592.14 |
| REGION 33: Staffordshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Stoke on Trent / Leek | £204.63 | £648.39 | Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley | £204.63 | £629.63 | Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter | £198.33 | £610.86 |
| REGION 34: Suffolk | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Lowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh | £194.70 | £584.07 | Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge | £198.27 | £594.80 | Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket | £204.63 | £634.97 |
| REGION 35: Surrey | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Guildford & Farnham | £206.72 | £701.97 | North West Surrey (Woking) | £225.62 | £766.26 | South East Surrey | £238.21 | £809.13 | Epsom | £241.36 | £819.87 | Staines | £277.04 | £937.73 |
| REGION 36: Sussex | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Brighton & Hove & Lewes | £210.92 | £715.35 | Chichester & District | £186.79 | £573.37 | Crawley / Horsham | £262.57 | £787.69 | Hastings | £163.70 | £503.70 | Worthing | £188.89 | £581.39 | Eastbourne | £199.16 | £597.48 |
| REGION 37: Thames Valley | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Abingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire) | £240.30 | £814.49 | Aylesbury | £228.63 | £685.88 | High Wycombe & Amersham | £219.32 | £744.84 | Milton Keynes | £189.93 | £584.07 | Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury) | £223.51 | £758.23 | Oxford | £223.51 | £758.23 | Reading | £217.02 | £651.06 | Slough (East Berkshire) | £240.30 | £814.49 | West Berkshire (Newbury etc.) | £200.94 | £602.83 |
| REGION 38: Warwickshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Leamington / Nuneaton / Rugby | £205.40 | £616.22 |
| REGION 39: West Mercia | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Hereford / Leominster | £178.62 | £535.84 | Kidderminster / Redditch | £228.63 | £685.88 | Shrewsbury | £190.99 | £586.75 | Telford | £198.33 | £610.86 | Worcester | £208.09 | £624.28 |
| REGION 40: West Midlands | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Sandwell | £202.53 | £621.60 | Wolverhampton & Seisdon | £202.53 | £621.60 | Dudley & Halesowen | £199.16 | £597.48 | Walsall | £204.63 | £632.30 | Birmingham | £204.63 | £651.06 | Solihull | £215.23 | £645.71 | Coventry | £176.84 | £530.50 |
| REGION 41: West Yorkshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Halifax | £200.05 | £600.16 | Huddersfield | £168.80 | £506.38 | Dewsbury | £183.08 | £549.25 | Bradford | £156.35 | £482.26 | Keighley & Bingley | £176.30 | £541.19 | Leeds | £165.81 | £509.05 | Pontefract & Castleford | £162.54 | £487.61 | Wakefield | £160.55 | £492.99 |
| REGION 42: Wiltshire | | VENUE | RATE | ESCAPE FEE | Salisbury | £200.43 | £616.22 | Chippenham / Trowbridge | £216.13 | £648.39 | Swindon | £197.28 | £608.19 |   |
| COURT DUTY RATES | | London | National | | Attendance & Waiting (Office Days): | £57.87 | £56.51 | | Attendance & Waiting (Outside Business Days): | £72.30 | £70.62 | | Travel (Business Days): | £0.00 | £0.00 | | Travel (Outside Business Days or Call Outs): | £27.60 | £27.60 | | | Source: The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 | |
| SUMMARY | Lowest: | £145.57 | Blackpool | Highest: | £315.86 | Heathrow | Average: | £208.13 | |
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