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Counter Terrorism Police West Midlands

Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands works across the force areas of West Midlands Police, Staffordshire Police, Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police.

The West Midlands hosts key transport facilities including Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham New Street station and Birmingham International train station, making the region well-connected nationally and internationally.

The region is also home to the industrial Black Country, historical Stratford-upon-Avon as well as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in Shropshire, Worcestershire and Cannock.

With a population of nearly 3 million, the region is one of the most diverse in the country. CTP West Midlands polices the metropolitan boroughs of Coventry, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham; as well as Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and The Wrekin, Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

CTP West Midlands hosts the National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) centre and the national Operational Development Unit.

Local Forces

CTPWM is a collaboration of the following local police forces

West Midlands Police

Staffordshire Police

Warwickshire Police

West Mercia Police

LATEST NEWS FROM WEST MIDLANDS

28 November 2025

A 48-year-old man from Hereford has today been jailed after admitting possessing and distributing extreme right-wing music and material.

19 September 2025

Ismael Watson, 32, has been jailed for two and a half years after failing to comply with his notification requirements which were in place when he was released from prison.

9 May 2024

A 33-year-old man from Derbyshire has been jailed for over five years for extreme right wing terrorism offences after admitting he possessed several terrorist documents

National Functions

CTP West Midlands is the host for the National Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) centre and the national Operational Development Unit.

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