| POLICE STATION RATES |
This is a complete list of police station rates.
The rates were increased by 15% on 30th September 2022.
The rates were increased again on 6th December 2024.
The rates are listed WITHOUT VAT.
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| | Lowest: | £145.57 | Blackpool | | Highest: | £315.86 | Heathrow | | Average: | £208.13 | |
| | | | | Updated 20th December 2024: 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 | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Avon North & Thornbury | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bath | £222.38 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Mendip & South Somerset | £249.17 | £249.17 | £747.52 | | Bristol | £183.98 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Taunton Deane | £208.83 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Sedgemore | £208.83 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Weston-Super-Mare | £208.09 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 2: Bedfordshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Bedford | £193.09 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Luton | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 3: Cambridgeshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Cambridge | £186.79 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Ely | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Huntingdon | £199.16 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | March & Wisbech | £197.37 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Peterborough | £164.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 4: Cheshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Crewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield | £202.53 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Warrington / Halton | £177.72 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich) | £184.87 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 5: Cleveland | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Hartlepool | £151.11 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Teesside | £156.35 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 6: Cumbria | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Barrow in Furness | £176.84 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Kendal & Windermere | £210.77 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Penrith / Carlisle | £199.16 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Whitehaven / Workington | £165.22 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 7: Derbyshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | East Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston | £237.56 | £237.56 | £712.68 | | Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton) | £218.81 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chesterfield | £204.52 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Derby / Swadlincote | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 8: Devon & Cornwall | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Barnstaple | £200.05 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Exeter | £177.72 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Plymouth | £206.31 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | East Cornwall | £228.77 | £228.77 | £776.99 | | Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Teignbridge / Torbay | £187.65 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 9: Dorset | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Central Dorset | £209.88 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bournemouth & Christchurch | £167.00 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Poole East Dorset | £176.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bridport / West Dorset | £167.90 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 10: Durham | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Darlington | £177.72 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | South Durham | £175.25 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Durham | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Derwentside | £197.37 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Easington | £192.04 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 11: Dyfed Powys | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Amman Valley | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Carmarthen East Dyfed | £232.21 | £232.21 | £696.61 | | Llanelli | £159.51 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Brecon & Radnor | £233.99 | £233.99 | £701.97 | | Mid Wales | £178.62 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion | £234.88 | £234.88 | £704.64 | | Pembrokeshire | £192.04 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 12: Essex | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Basildon | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Brentwood | £286.48 | £286.48 | £972.58 | | Braintree | £228.77 | £228.77 | £774.32 | | Clacton & Harwich / Colchester | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Grays | £267.59 | £267.59 | £908.27 | | Harlow & Loughton | £267.59 | £267.59 | £908.27 | | Stansted | £295.93 | £295.93 | £1,004.72 | | Rayleigh / Southend on Sea | £192.02 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chelmsford / Witham | £202.53 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 13: Gloucestershire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Cheltenham | £181.54 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Gloucester | £178.40 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Stroud | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 14: Greater Manchester | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Manchester | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Stockport | £192.90 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Trafford | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Salford | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bolton | £189.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bury | £183.98 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Wigan | £195.58 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Rochdale / Middleton | £194.70 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Tameside | £179.45 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Oldham | £158.08 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 15: Gwent | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | East Gwent | £195.19 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Newport | £192.04 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty/ South Bedwellty | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 16: Hampshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Aldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire) | £229.82 | £229.82 | £779.67 | | Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire) | £242.03 | £242.03 | £726.09 | | Isle of Wight | £197.37 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire) | £202.73 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Gosport & Fareham | £247.38 | £247.38 | £742.14 | | Southampton (South West Hampshire) | £228.63 | £228.63 | £685.88 |
| | | REGION 17: Hertfordshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead) | £241.36 | £241.36 | £817.16 | | Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire | £292.78 | £292.78 | £993.99 | | Stevenage & North Hertfordshire | £271.79 | £271.79 | £921.68 | | St. Albans | £246.61 | £246.61 | £807.59 | | Watford | £242.41 | £242.41 | £822.54 |
| | | REGION 18: Humberside | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Grimsby & Cleethorpes | £154.50 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Scunthorpe | £165.81 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Hull | £176.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Beverley / Bridlington | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Goole | £209.88 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 19: Kent | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Dartford & Gravesend | £267.93 | £267.93 | £803.78 | | Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone | £236.11 | £236.11 | £801.10 | | Medway | £235.77 | £235.77 | £707.32 | | Swale | £279.53 | £279.53 | £838.60 | | Maidstone & West Malling | £249.17 | £249.17 | £747.52 | | Canterbury / Thanet | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | West Kent (Tonbridge) | £239.35 | £239.35 | £718.06 |
| | | REGION 20: Lancashire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Burnley / Rossendale | £186.66 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Blackpool | £145.57 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Fleetwood | £149.14 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Lancaster | £183.08 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland | £200.94 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Preston | £164.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 21: Leicestershire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Ashby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray | £208.98 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Leicester | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Hinckley / Market Harborough | £232.21 | £232.21 | £696.61 |
| | | REGION 22: Lincolnshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Boston, Bourne, Stamford | £199.39 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Skegness | £179.50 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Lincoln / Gainsborough | £185.76 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Grantham & Sleaford | £183.64 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 23: London | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Barking | £258.15 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Bexley | £230.86 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Bishopsgate | £269.69 | £269.69 | £913.62 | | Brent | £251.85 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Brentford | £256.05 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Bromley | £243.46 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Camberwell Green | £251.85 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Central London | £272.84 | £272.84 | £924.35 | | Clerkenwell / Hampstead | £255.00 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Croydon | £248.70 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Ealing | £264.44 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Enfield | £250.80 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Greenwich / Woolwich | £240.30 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Haringey | £259.20 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Harrow | £251.85 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Havering | £235.06 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Heathrow | £315.86 | £315.86 | £1,071.72 | | Hendon / Barnet | £253.95 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Highbury Corner | £264.44 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Kingston-Upon-Thames | £262.35 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Newham | £252.90 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Old Street | £251.85 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Redbridge | £259.20 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Richmond-Upon-Thames | £277.04 | £277.04 | £937.73 | | South London | £264.44 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Sutton | £250.80 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Thames | £250.80 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Tower Bridge | £267.59 | £267.59 | £908.27 | | Uxbridge | £242.41 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | Waltham Forest | £235.06 | £264.45 | £852.79 | | West London | £270.74 | £270.74 | £918.97 | | Wimbledon | £257.09 | £264.45 | £852.79 |
| | | REGION 24: Merseyside | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Bootle & Crosby | £186.79 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Southport | £156.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Liverpool | £206.31 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | St Helens | £176.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Knowsley | £189.93 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Wirral | £181.54 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 25: Norfolk | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Cromer & North Walsham | £211.98 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Great Yarmouth | £193.80 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Kings Lynn & West Norfolk | £189.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Norwich & District | £194.70 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Diss / Thetford | £201.48 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Dereham | £227.71 | £227.71 | £771.64 |
| | | REGION 26: North Wales | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Bangor & Caernarfon | £217.91 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Colwyn Bay | £199.39 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Denbighshire | £217.02 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Dolgellau | £217.02 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Mold & Hawarden | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | North Anglesey | £226.85 | £226.85 | £680.54 | | Pwllheli | £153.61 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Wrexham | £185.76 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 27: North Yorkshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Northallerton & Richmond | £220.59 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Harrogate & Ripon | £211.66 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Skipton, Settle & Ingleton | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Scarborough / Whitby | £175.25 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Malton & Rydale | £168.80 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | York / Selby | £183.64 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 28: Northamptonshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Corby (Kettering) / Wellingborough | £181.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Northampton | £196.48 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 29: Northumbria | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | South East Northumberland | £170.58 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Newcastle upon Tyne | £158.46 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Gateshead | £164.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | North Tyneside | £161.61 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | South Tyneside | £153.21 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Sunderland | £171.05 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Houghton Le Spring | £171.05 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Berwick & Alnwick | £203.58 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Tynedale & Hexham | £177.34 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 30: Nottinghamshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Mansfield | £184.69 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Newark | £207.20 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Nottingham | £206.31 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Worksop & East Retford | £196.24 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 31: South Wales | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Cardiff | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Vale of Glamorgan | £239.35 | £239.35 | £718.06 | | Cynon Valley | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Mid Glamorgan & Miskin | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Merthyr Tydfil | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Port Talbot | £251.85 | £251.85 | £852.01 | | Newcastle & Ogmore | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Neath | £207.78 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Swansea | £197.28 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 32: South Yorkshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Barnsley | £182.60 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Doncaster | £176.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Rotherham | £186.79 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Sheffield | £192.04 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 33: Staffordshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Stoke on Trent / Leek | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter | £198.33 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 34: Suffolk | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Lowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh | £194.70 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge | £198.27 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 35: Surrey | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Guildford & Farnham | £206.72 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | North West Surrey (Woking) | £225.62 | £225.62 | £766.26 | | South East Surrey | £238.21 | £238.21 | £809.13 | | Epsom | £241.36 | £241.36 | £819.87 | | Staines | £277.04 | £277.04 | £937.73 |
| | | REGION 36: Sussex | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Brighton & Hove & Lewes | £210.92 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chichester & District | £186.79 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Crawley / Horsham | £262.57 | £262.57 | £787.69 | | Hastings | £163.70 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Worthing | £188.89 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Eastbourne | £199.16 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 37: Thames Valley | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Abingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire) | £240.30 | £240.30 | £814.49 | | Aylesbury | £228.63 | £228.63 | £685.88 | | High Wycombe & Amersham | £219.32 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Milton Keynes | £189.93 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury) | £223.51 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Oxford | £223.51 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Reading | £217.02 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Slough (East Berkshire) | £240.30 | £240.30 | £814.49 | | West Berkshire (Newbury etc.) | £200.94 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 38: Warwickshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Leamington / Nuneaton / Rugby | £205.40 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 39: West Mercia | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Hereford / Leominster | £178.62 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Kidderminster / Redditch | £228.63 | £228.63 | £685.88 | | Shrewsbury | £190.99 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Telford | £198.33 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Worcester | £208.09 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 40: West Midlands | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Sandwell | £202.53 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Wolverhampton & Seisdon | £202.53 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Dudley & Halesowen | £199.16 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Walsall | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Birmingham | £204.63 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Solihull | £215.23 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Coventry | £176.84 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 41: West Yorkshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Halifax | £200.05 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Huddersfield | £168.80 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Dewsbury | £183.08 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Bradford | £156.35 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Keighley & Bingley | £176.30 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Leeds | £165.81 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Pontefract & Castleford | £162.54 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Wakefield | £160.55 | £223.52 | £588.99 |
| | | REGION 42: Wiltshire | | | | VENUE | OLD RATE | NEW RATE | ESCAPE FEE | | Salisbury | £200.43 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Chippenham / Trowbridge | £216.13 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | Swindon | £197.28 | £223.52 | £588.99 | | |
| | | 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 2024 | | |
| | | SUMMARY | | Lowest: | £204.63 | Avon North & Thornbury | | Highest: | £315.86 | Heathrow | | Average: | £232.01 | |
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