Dyfed-Powys Police
| Dyfed-Powys Police Heddlu Dyfed-Powys | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1968 |
| Annual budget | £153.3 million (2025/26) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Powys unitary authority areas, UK |
| Map of Dyfed-Powys Police's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 4,223 square miles (10,940 km2) |
| Population | Approx 500,000 |
| Legal jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | |
| Headquarters | Carmarthen |
| Police officers | 1,296 (plus 40 special constables) (2025) |
| Police and Crime Commissioner responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Divisions | 4 |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 43 as of 2024 |
| Website | |
| www | |
| RQ12653R | |
Dyfed-Powys Police (Welsh: Heddlu Dyfed-Powys; DPP) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which make up the former administrative area of Dyfed) and the unitary authority of Powys (covering Brecknockshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire).
The Dyfed-Powys region covers an area of 3,360 square miles (8,700 km2), with over 350 miles (560 km) of coastline. In terms of geographic areas of responsibility, Dyfed-Powys is the largest police force in England and Wales and the third largest in the United Kingdom after Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It includes many remote rural communities and a number of old industrial areas that are currently undergoing significant change and redevelopment. The population is under 500,000, although it is boosted each year with many tourist visitors.
The force's headquarters is in Carmarthen.
As of January 2025, the force had 1,296 police officers, 40 special constables and 801 civilian staff - including PCSOs.