2023/2024 police precept
On this page
- The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has set the Band D Police Element of the Council Tax within North Yorkshire for 2023/24 at £295.09
- This is an increase of £14.03 per year, or 4.99% over the 2022/23 level.
Your contribution through your council tax 2023/24
| Property band | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | Increase per year | Increase per week |
| A | £ 187.37 | £ 196.72 | £ 9.35 | £ 0.18 |
| B | £ 218.60 | £ 229.51 | £ 10.91 | £ 0.21 |
| C | £ 249.83 | £ 262.30 | £ 12.47 | £ 0.24 |
| D | £ 281.06 | £ 295.09 | £ 14.03 | £ 0.27 |
| E | £ 343.52 | £ 360.66 | £ 17.14 | £ 0.33 |
| F | £ 405.98 | £ 426.24 | £ 20.26 | £ 0.39 |
| G | £ 468.43 | £ 491.81 | £ 23.38 | £ 0.45 |
| H | £ 562.12 | £ 590.18 | £ 28.06 | £ 0.54 |
Income and expenditure
Funding for the police
| Police – Funding | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| Funding from Government | £83.5m | £83.8m |
| Council tax precept – your contribution | £86.9m | £92.4m |
| Council tax grants | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Specific grants | £6.1m | £8.8m |
| Fees, Charges and Partnerships | £7.1m | £8.4m |
| Total funding | £191.5m | £201.4m |
Police budget breakdown
| Police – Budget | 2022/23 | 2023/2024 |
| Police officers | £92.3m | 99.9m |
| Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) | £8.2m | 6.9m |
| Police staff | £40.6m | 45.0m |
| Buildings and transport | £7.6m | 9.1m |
| Supplies and services | £22.4m | 23.3m |
| Other spend * | £19.0m | 15.8m |
| Office of the PFCC | £1.3m | 1.4m |
| Total spending plan | £191.4m | 201.4m |
* 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:
- Investment in the Force Control Room to improve 999 and 101 call handling times.
- 25 additional police officers.
- Investment in staffing to improve services protecting children, victims of domestic abuse and safeguard the most vulnerable.
- Improving services to investigate crime, ensuring that more perpetrators are successfully routed through the criminal justice system and convicted at court.
- Investment in the Digital Forensics Unit to improve the time taken to investigate devices, reducing the time taken to bring perpetrators to justice.
- Increasing costs of gas, electricity, fuel, insurance, and other services linked to the cost of living increase.
Precept leaflet
Printing error in the precept leaflet delivered with your council tax bill
We apologise for the printing error which appeared in the precept leaflet, delivered with your council tax bill.
In the “Police information” table outlining “Your contribution” the contribution for a Band D property in 2022/23 should read £281.06.
The information on this page is correct.
Correspondence with the Police Fire and Crime Panel
- Police Fire and Crime Panel’s report to PFCC – Police & Fire precepts 2023/24
- Precept 2023-24 – Letter to PFCP from Commissioner Zoe