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Thames Valley Police
Join Thames Valley Police via Police Now’s National Graduate Programme
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Submit your application for our 2027 National Graduate Programme.
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Current vacancies
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Neighbourhood
Start date: March 2027
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164 – £42,210
Deadline: 31 July
Location: Devon and Cornwall, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, London, Northamptonshire, Thames Valley
Neighbourhood police officers are more than uniforms: they’re problem solvers, change-makers, and protectors at the heart of the community.
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Detective
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Deadline: 31 July
Location: North Wales
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Deadline: 31 July
Location: North Wales
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Deadline: 31 July
Location: North Wales
Detectives work on varied investigations, support victims of crime; and bring offenders to justice.
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Economic Crime
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £31,164
Locations: Dorset
Become a detective in economic crime and defend society’s financial wellbeing against fraud, cybercrime, and economic abuse.
2027 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Counter Terrorism
Start date: March 2027
Salary: £42,210
Location: London
Become a detective in counter terrorism and work on tackling the most critical threats to our communities and country.
2026 Police Now National Graduate Programme - Counter Terrorism
Start date: July 2026
Salary: £31,164 – 42,210
Deadline: X
Location: TBC
Become a detective in the counter terrorism unit and work on tackling the most critical threats to our communities and country.
Thames Valley Police jobs
Thames Valley Police
Through our partnership with Thames Valley Police, we have recruited, trained and developed 105 graduates to become police officers and detectives on our national graduate programme since 2017.
- Chief Constable: Jason Hogg
- Headquarters: Oxford Road, Kidlington
- Areas include: Berkshire (e.g., Reading, Slough, Windsor), Buckinghamshire (e.g., Milton Keynes, High Wycombe), and Oxfordshire (e.g., Oxford)
Thames Valley Police
Thames Valley Police is the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales. Serving over 2.34 million people in an area of over 2,200 square miles, Thames Valley is split into five policing areas:
- Oxfordshire with police stations in: Abingdon, Banbury, Bicester, Cowley, Didcot, Witney.
- Buckinghamshire with police stations in: Amersham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe.
- Milton Keynes with police stations in: Milton Keynes.
- Berkshire East with police stations in: Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough.
- Berkshire West with police stations in: Loddon Valley, Newbury, Reading.
Thames Valley Police recruitment
Our focus on diversity and inclusion
Thames Valley Police are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our mission is to serve our communities. The most effective way we can do this is if the people who work for us are representative of our communities.
We are working hard to increase diversity and inclusion where communities are currently under-represented.
We want to encourage people of diverse backgrounds, experience and beliefs, who share our value of caring and want to make a difference in the community, to work for us.
A career built on purpose
Police Now graduate Millie Tanner
Temporary Chief Inspector Millie hadn’t considered a job in policing before Police Now. She’d studied music at university and never pictured herself in uniform.
Something about Police Now stood out. It wasn't just about the job, it was about public service, purpose, and having a real impact in society. That's what I wanted.
She joined Thames Valley Police via Police Now’s neighbourhood specialism and threw herself into frontline work, quickly gaining experience in neighbourhoods, response, custody, tackling domestic abuse, and serious crime investigations.
Why join?
By joining Thames Valley Police through Police Now’s National Graduate Programme, you’ll benefit from our unique range of support and development features specially designed to develop your career and your impact in policing.
Thinking of a career change?
Make a real impact in a career you never expected
Do you love your job but wish you were having more of an impact? It’s never too late to change careers.
Neighbourhood police officers come from a range of industries and sectors. You don’t need any previous policing knowledge or experience to apply, and you can bring key skills from your current or previous roles, such as emotional intelligence and collaboration.
had not considered neighbourhood policing before discovering Police Now.
“I did not let the fact that I am a career-changer and a member of the LGBTQ+ community stop me from joining policing. I thought I might be the oldest at Police Now’s academy but there was a really diverse mix of people there, working towards the same goal.”
Core requirements
To be eligible to join Thames Valley Police, you must:
- Have achieved, or be working towards, a 2.2 undergraduate degree programme start date.
- Be a British Citizen or have indefinite leave to remain and right to work in the UK. Pre-settled status is also accepted.
- Have lived in the UK for the last three years.
- Have a full UK manual or UK Automatic driving licence (if you don't yet have your licence, you must have your practical driving test booked at the point of application).
Before you apply, make sure you read our full eligibility criteria.
