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Your Local CPS

The Crown Prosecution Service has headquarters in London and York and operates under a structure of 42 Areas in England and Wales.

These Areas correspond to the 43 police forces in England and Wales with the London Area covering the operational boundaries of both City of London and Metropolitan Police Forces.

The 42 Area structure, introduced in April 1999, meets the Government’s aim of developing a co-ordinated criminal justice system with national policies delivered locally.

There is a 'virtual' 43rd Area, CPS Direct, which offers out-of-hours Charging advice to the police.

Map showing the area structure of the CPS

Devon and Cornwall Avon and Somerset Hampshire Dorset Bedfordshire South Wales Gwent North Wales West Mercia Essex Hertfordshire Wiltshire Northumbria Merseyside Cleveland Cumbria North Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk London Durham West Yorkshire Humberside Cambridgeshire South Yorkshire Lancashire Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Lincolnshire Sussex Cheshire Dyfed-Powys Notinghamshire Staffordshire Surrey West Midlands Warwickshire Thames Valley derbyshire.html Leicestershire Northamptonshire Kent

CPS Local group area structure

The 42 areas in England and Wales are divided into 15 groups.

The map below shows the structure of the local CPS area groups. Choose an area by clicking on the map. Alternatively you can use the navigation menu on the left of the page.


Map showing the area structure of the CPS Northumbria Merseyside Cleveland Cumbria North Yorkshire Durham West Yorkshire Humberside South Yorkshire Lancashire Greater Manchester Cheshire Notinghamshire Derbyshire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Thames Valley Kent Surrey Sussex Lincolnshire Cambridgeshire London Suffolk Norfolk Hertfordshire Essex Bedfordshire Hampshire Dorset Wiltshire Staffordshire West Midlands Warwickshire Dyfed-Powys West Mercia North Wales Gwent South Wales Devon and Cornwall Avon and SomersetGloucestershire