Rural and Urban Areas
The Policing Pledge was launched by the previous Government in March 2008. It is an agreement between the police and the public on the minimum level of service that should be expected.
The Pledge stipulates that if you call 999, we will aim to answer within 10 seconds and deploy to emergencies immediately, giving an estimated time of arrival, getting to you safely, and as quickly as possible.
In urban areas, we will aim to reach you within 15 minutes and in rural areas within 20 minutes.
To decide if areas are rural or urban, Nottinghamshire Police uses widely-acknowledged classifications issued by the Office for National Statistics.
A full explanation of this can be seen by clicking here but put in its simplest form, towns or villages with a population of fewer than 10,000 people are classed as rural, while places with population totals greater than 10,000 are classified as urban.
To find out whether you live in an urban or rural area, enter your postcode into the finder on the home page. This will lead you to information specific to your Local Beat Team, including the classification of that beat.
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