Operation Safeguard was activated in mid-October 2006 and ended just before Christmas 2006. It was then re-activated between 16 January 2007 and 31 October 2008. Police cells have not been used since 22 September 2008 and no police cells have been on stand by since the end of October 2008.
The following tables detail usage by police force area between October 2006 and 31 October 2008 and gives the aggregated total of the number of prisoner nights in which a police cell was used. It is not possible to ascertain how many individual prisoners these totals cover.
Invoices to the value of £14,373,500 were paid for the activation of Operation Safeguard in the 2006-07 financial year, £50,687,200 for the 2007-08 financial year and £10,790,000 for the 2008-09 financial year (up to 31 December 2008).
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avon and Somerset — — — 24 1 32 6 20 6 1 6 6 11 9 0 Bedfordshire — — — 6 0 52 51 73 60 0 3 56 55 43 15 Cambridgeshire 32 118 62 23 17 132 94 174 173 0 82 195 183 155 34 Cheshire — 32 71 85 105 288 117 506 562 37 321 754 935 706 21 Cleveland — — — 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cumbria — — — 0 3 36 25 77 78 0 0 7 77 48 0 Derbyshire 15 52 46 51 14 137 45 19 24 2 42 38 43 30 9 Devon and Cornwall — 12 26 84 10 194 131 376 314 36 167 241 209 197 36 Dorset 3 38 30 26 7 66 52 85 92 0 10 1 0 40 1 Durham — 11 31 24 9 73 58 216 189 6 120 188 204 134 5 Dyfed Powys — — 1 34 4 99 118 186 120 0 5 2 114 0 0 Essex 199 423 387 107 196 452 406 538 563 62 332 541 538 448 204 Gloucestershire — — — 7 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 GMP — — 15 96 109 381 163 504 507 69 163 184 417 446 47 Gwent — — — 17 0 18 2 14 38 38 160 225 240 191 19 Hampshire — — 65 70 31 220 77 50 226 37 183 203 221 210 27 Hertfordshire — — 40 26 27 89 90 184 140 11 125 201 175 115 33 Humberside — — 30 1 18 11 8 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kent 85 58 192 56 177 385 362 467 428 116 359 383 410 382 129 Lancashire — — — 54 36 175 143 296 244 23 88 189 312 220 22 Leicestershire — — — 0 6 1 151 379 542 64 334 491 460 366 176 Lincolnshire 27 109 32 71 32 233 81 204 263 0 26 246 251 135 27 Merseyside — 111 85 3 0 51 3 40 24 0 4 32 7 6 0 MET — 67 266 199 293 1061 902 1294 1622 73 947 1221 1320 1108 700 Norfolk — — — 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 3 5 1 0 North Wales 8 6 — 30 11 144 121 467 379 0 0 0 385 243 5 North Yorkshire — — — 3 0 3 3 10 7 0 2 2 2 6 1 Northamptonshire 32 118 69 68 21 241 122 249 254 0 3 53 108 78 35 Northumbria — — — 36 46 193 63 254 216 0 3 55 228 148 0 Nottinghamshire — — — 50 3 22 23 60 5 0 6 12 6 1 0 South Wales 14 52 15 47 9 110 67 281 237 19 123 128 112 244 24 South Yorkshire — — — 8 0 27 27 202 221 0 54 122 190 135 29 Staffordshire — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Suffolk 27 56 — 29 3 134 112 182 203 0 8 132 190 141 37 Surrey — — — 33 0 10 14 20 11 0 3 16 0 0 0 Sussex 62 152 124 16 0 14 24 47 55 0 23 28 46 9 0 TVP 81 172 180 129 36 363 246 479 328 39 214 282 319 233 59 Warwickshire 12 46 35 30 1 125 49 138 158 2 70 200 175 189 54 West Mercia — — — 14 0 6 4 8 5 25 1 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 30 235 305 155 62 755 330 1104 950 110 617 885 1044 827 120 West Yorkshire — — 45 188 16 337 165 396 578 40 328 518 567 448 91 Wiltshire — — — 8 0 2 37 22 6 0 10 0 6 0 0 Total 627 1868 2122 1942 1286 6683 4498 9631 9845 810 4950 7840 9565 7693 1960
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Total Avon and Somerset 10 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 Bedfordshire 3 66 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 Cambridgeshire 39 193 40 19 0 21 61 41 0 1888 Cheshire 147 846 80 0 15 65 169 236 0 6098 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Cumbria 15 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 440 Derbyshire 33 256 34 0 0 0 15 3 0 908 Devon and Cornwall 44 210 41 0 0 15 46 65 11 2465 Dorset 6 64 4 0 0 1 17 14 3 560 Durham 15 242 13 0 14 0 51 42 0 1645 Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 683 Essex 92 200 146 10 4 23 92 68 10 6041 Gloucestershire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 GMP 13 555 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 3712 Gwent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 962 Hampshire 55 220 56 0 0 6 42 94 2 2095 Hertfordshire 53 206 57 0 0 0 40 39 0 1651 Humberside 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 Kent 179 431 260 74 4 0 0 0 0 4937 Lancashire 0 153 21 0 0 0 36 53 0 2065 Leicestershire 21 379 64 0 6 22 136 79 16 3693 Lincolnshire 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1739 Merseyside 7 34 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 409 MET 628 1340 777 162 77 299 776 290 74 15496 Norfolk 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 North Wales 0 339 32 0 0 5 0 77 0 2252 North Yorkshire 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 Northamptonshire 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1494 Northumbria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1242 Nottinghamshire 5 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 222 South Wales 38 337 50 0 0 53 102 135 0 2197 South Yorkshire 6 147 26 0 0 0 3 12 0 1209 Staffordshire 0 50 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Suffolk 42 176 43 1 0 12 34 51 10 1623 Surrey 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 Sussex 10 73 0 0 0 0 83 46 11 823 TVP 87 368 81 24 0 22 64 42 0 3848 Warwickshire 100 324 50 0 0 61 85 199 74 2177 West Mercia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 64 West Midlands 32 596 0 0 0 16 182 113 0 8468 West Yorkshire 26 613 61 0 0 7 147 94 0 4665 Wiltshire 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 Total 1766 8605 2004 290 120 630 2182 1793 211 88921