Oxfordshire Constabulary was theHome Officepolice force for the county ofOxfordshire,England, excluding the city of Oxford itself, from 1857 until 1968.

Oxfordshire Constabulary was established in 1857. It absorbedChipping Norton Borough Police andHenley Borough Police immediately.Banbury Borough Police was also amalgamated into the force 69 years later in 1925. In 1965 it had an establishment of 423 and an actual strength of 297.^[1]

On 1 April 1968 Oxfordshire Constabulary was amalgamated withBuckinghamshire Constabulary,Berkshire Constabulary,Oxford City Police andReading Borough Police to formThames Valley Constabulary.

• 1857–1888: Captain Charles Mostyn Owen^[2]
• 1888–1917: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Edward Alexander Holmes à Court (died 1923)
• 1917-1920: Major Douglas Roberts (died 1920)^[3][4]
• 1921–1940: Captain Ernest Kennaway Arbuthnot
• 1940–1944: Colonel SirEric St Johnston (afterwardsChief Constable of Durham, 1944–50)
• 1945–1954: Lt.-Col. Herman Rutherford (afterwardsChief Constable of Lincolnshire, 1954–56)^[5]
• 1954-1964: James Edward Bailey (died 1964)^[6]
• 1964-?: David Holdsworth^[7]
• 1968 : Merged with other forces to formThames Valley Police

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