Police Force Records

Records of a number of local police forces.  The records include information on police officers (such as appointments, promotions, discipline, resignations), criminals (such as charge books, lists of prisoners etc) as well as the administration of the force such as premises matters, liaison with the Home Office, statistics etc.

 

 

Mid 19^th century to date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is normally no need to order police records in advance.  However, Sheffield Archives runs a restricted service on Saturdays.  Records required on a Saturday should be ordered by the previous Thursday. Please email archives@sheffield.gov.uk  or telephone (0114 23 9395) the Archives to place an order.

 

Please note however that access to some records may be restricted under the Data Protection Act and may also be subject to exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act. This particularly applies to records less than 100 years old. Please contact us for further details.

 

 

Yes, we can normally supply copies for private study purposes, subject to the usual copyright regulations.

 

 

The main series of police records are:

 

 

Further details can be downloaded, see below

 

The Sheffield Police Force Ticket of Leave book (1864 – 1874) which provides details of almost 400 convicted criminals has been indexed.  You can download a copy of the index below.