Thames Valley Police Local Command Units

Today we are working in a more complex environment, with a rise in recent years in digital crime and increasingly harmful and complex offences such as child sexual exploitation and county drugs lines.

Following research and engagements with our officers, staff, partner organisations and communities, our force has recently changed its structure to a five-area command model, to be called Local Command Units (LCUs).

The five new local command units (LCUs) are:

Oxfordshire (operationally active now), with police stations in: Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Cowley, Didcot, Witney.
Buckinghamshire (operationally active now), with police stations in: Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe.
Milton Keynes (operationally active now) with police stations in: Milton Keynes.
Berkshire East (operationally active from 7 May 2025) with police stations in: Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough.
Berkshire West (operationally active from 7 May 2025) with police stations in: Loddon Valley, Newbury, Reading.

Our LCU structure includes Incident and Crime Response (ICR) Teams, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Priority Crime Teams (PCT), Harm Reduction Units (HRU) and Neighbourhood Teams.

New officers are posted to a main station within one of our LCUs.

Learn more about our local policing structures on our Thames Valley Police website.