Review of the Force Structure 1985-6

 Divisions in 1860s   1880-1896   1903-1920   1921-1929   1931-1933   1946-1958   1965   1985-1986   1993-1994   2000   2018-2019

When Sir Kenneth Newman became Commissioner in 1985, he set in motion a Force Organisation and Management Review.   The Districts were abolished, and the number of Areas were increased to eight, each with a DAC and two Commanders to whom the Divisional Chief Superintendents reported.    In effect it took up and adapted the idea of ‘eight by eight’.   This entailed uniformed officers wearing a two letter Divisional code on their uniforms rather than the one letter of the earlier District/Division.

The previous V District was split between No 4 and No 5 Areas.   One of the principles was that the Division would become regarded as the prime unit of policing.

 

Area

Divisions

1

Kings Cross Road (ND), Holloway (NH), Hornsey (YR), Tottenham (YT), Edmonton (YE), Enfield (YF), Chingford (JC), Leytonstone (JL), Barkingside (JB), Ilford (JI)

2

Bethnal Green (HB), Leman Street (HD), Limehouse (HH), Hackney (GH), Stoke Newington (GN), West Ham (KW), East Ham (KE), Dagenham (KG), Romford (KD)

3

Southwark (MD), Carter Street (MS), Peckham (MM), Lewisham (PL), Catford (PD), Bromley (PR), Orpington (PN), Greenwich (RD), Woolwich (RW), Bexleyheath (RY)

4

Kennington (LK), Brixton (LD), Clapham (LM), Streatham (LS), South Norwood (ZN), Croydon (ZD), Epsom (ZP), Wimbledon (VW)

5

Battersea (WA), Tooting (WD), Wandsworth (WW), Kingston (VD), Richmond (TR), Chiswick (TC), Hounslow (TD), Twickenham (TW)

6

Chelsea (BC), Kensington (BD), Notting Hill (BH), Fulham (FF), Hammersmith (FD), Shepherds Bush (FS), Ealing (XD), Southall (XS) Ruislip (XR), Staines (XW) later Spelthorne (TG), Heathrow Airport (ID)

7

Holborn (EO), Kentish Town (EK), Hampstead (SH), Golders Green (SG), Barnet (SA), Kilburn (QK), Wembley (QD), Harrow (QA)

8

Cannon Row (AD), Rochester Row (AR), Gerald Road (AL), Bow Street (CB), West End Central (CD), Vine Street (CV), Marylebone Lane (DM), Paddington (DD), Harrow Road (DR)

Divisions in 1860s   1880-1896   1903-1920   1921-1929   1931-1933   1946-1958   1965   1985-1986   1993-1994   2000   2018-2019