2025/2026 Police Precept
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- The York and North Yorkshire Mayor has set the Band D Police Element of the Council Tax within North Yorkshire for 2025/2026 at £320.86
- This is an increase of £14.00 over the 2024/25 level.
Your contribution through your council tax 2025/26
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 | Increase per year | Increase per week | |
| Property Band | £ | £ | £ | pence |
| A | 204.58 | 213.91 | 9.33 | 0.18 |
| B | 238.66 | 249.56 | 10.89 | 0.21 |
| C | 272.76 | 285.21 | 12.44 | 0.24 |
| D | 306.86 | 320.86 | 14.00 | 0.27 |
| E | 375.06 | 392.16 | 17.11 | 0.33 |
| F | 443.24 | 463.46 | 20.22 | 0.39 |
| G | 511.44 | 534.77 | 23.33 | 0.45 |
| H | 613.72 | 641.72 | 28.00 | 0.54 |
Income and expenditure
Funding for the police
| Police – Funding | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| Funding from Government | £88.8m | £92.1m |
| Council tax precept – your contribution | £97.4m | £104.6m |
| Council tax grants | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Specific grants | £17.7m | £19.3m |
| Fees, Charges and Partnerships | £9.2m | £8.4m |
| Total funding | £221.0m | £232.3m |
Police budget breakdown
| Police – Budget | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
| Police officers | £109.3m | £117.9m |
| Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Police staff | £47.4m | £51.0m |
| Buildings and transport | £8.7m | £8.8m |
| Supplies and services | £26.1m | £28.2m |
| Other spend * | £21.2m | £19.0m |
| Office of the PFCC | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Total spending plan | £221.0m | £232.3m |
* This includes Community Safety Funding and Commissioned Services, Police Officer Medical and Injury Pensions, Cost of Capital and Use of Reserves.
How your money will be spent
Your precept will contribute towards:
- An uplift in specialist safeguarding teams to safeguard the most vulnerable in North Yorkshire sees an investment of around £2m.
- Investment into Investigation Teams to mitigate risks to vulnerable people sees investment of over £1m into Detectives.
- Further investment into the Force Control Room of £1m to further enhance the service to the public in this vital area is also planned.
- Other investments into the Digital Forensics Unit, Professional Standards Unit, Neighbourhoods and Criminal Justice of over £1m are also planned.
Precept leaflet
- Download & print out the Police and Fire Precept Leaflet – 2025/26
Correspondence with the Police Fire and Crime Panel
- Police Fire and Crime Panel’s report to OPFCC – Police & Fire precepts 2025/26
- Precept 2025-26 – Letter to PFCP from York and North Yorkshire Mayor