Park Street Police Station, Kolkata
Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal,Kolkata, West Bengal– 700016
Quick Answer
Park Street Police Station is a police station located in Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal (PIN: 700016). The listed contact number is 033-22265555. This station serves: Park Street, Camac Street, Rawdon Street area.Source: Kolkata Police.
Location & Address
- Full Address
- Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal
- City
- Kolkata
- District
- Kolkata
- State
- West Bengal
- PIN Code
- 700016
- GPS Coordinates
- 22.55100, 88.35290
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Contact Information
Primary Phone
033-22265555
Jurisdiction Area
Park Street, Camac Street, Rawdon Street area
This station handles police matters for the above areas. If your matter is in a different area, visit the police station that covers that locality.
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Police stations in Kolkata operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They handle emergency response, FIR registration, NC reports, lost property, and more.
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About Park Street Police Station
Park Street Police Station is a local police station serving the Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal area of Kolkata in Kolkata district, West Bengal. It falls within PIN code 700016. Like every police station in India it operates twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including public holidays.
Jurisdiction. Park Street Police Station is responsible for Park Street, Camac Street, Rawdon Street area. If an incident took place within that area, this is the station that will investigate it. If it happened elsewhere you may still report it here under the Zero FIR provision, and the file will be transferred to the correct station.
Command of Park Street Police Station rests with a Station House Officer — an Inspector in a built-up area like Kolkata, or a Sub-Inspector in a smaller posting. Both ranks can register an FIR, so you do not need to wait for a particular officer to be on duty before a cognizable offence is recorded.
Because Kolkata district covers both dense residential pockets and commercial stretches, the mix of work reaching Park Street Police Station ranges from property offences and vehicle theft to verification paperwork and neighbour disputes.
The listed landline for Park Street Police Station is 033-22265555. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — to confirm the station is handling your matter, to ask which documents to bring, or to check whether a particular officer is on duty. Station landlines are not staffed the way an emergency line is, so for anything urgent dial 100 or 112 instead, which routes you to a control room that can dispatch the nearest available unit.
Every service described below is provided free of charge. No officer at Park Street Police Station or anywhere else is entitled to charge you a fee for registering a complaint, recording a lost-property report, issuing your copy of an FIR or NC, or carrying out address verification.
Services Available at Park Street Police Station
A police station handles a far wider range of everyday civic work than most people expect. These are the services Park Street Police Station provides to residents of Kolkata and the surrounding Kolkata area.
Registering an FIR
For any cognizable offence — theft, burglary, assault, fraud, criminal intimidation — Park Street Police Station must register a First Information Report under Section 173 BNSS. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave.
Filing an NC
Non-cognizable matters and lost property are recorded as an NC entry. This is what residents of Kolkata most often need when a phone, wallet, passport or set of vehicle documents goes missing.
Women's helpdesk
Park Street Police Station is required to run a women's helpdesk, and a statement about a sexual offence must be recorded by a woman officer — at a place of the survivor's choosing, including her own home.
Passport & address verification
Passport applications from PIN 700016 are routed here for verification. The beat constable will visit your address, so keep photo ID, a utility bill and any rental agreement ready.
Tenant & staff verification
Landlords in Kolkata can submit tenant verification here, as can households engaging drivers, domestic workers or security staff. The service is free.
Cybercrime complaints
Online fraud can be reported at Park Street Police Station regardless of where the offender is located. Call 1930 first — the freeze window on transferred funds is measured in minutes, not days.
Lost & found reports
Lost documents and belongings are logged and a report issued. Banks, insurers, the RTO and the passport office all require this copy before issuing any duplicate.
Traffic & accident reports
Road accidents within the Kolkata jurisdiction are recorded here. For an accident in progress call 112 first — the control room dispatches both police and ambulance.
Senior citizen assistance
Most state forces maintain a senior-citizen register and conduct welfare visits. Elderly residents living alone near Kolkata can ask to be added at the front desk.
Visiting Park Street Police Station: What to Expect
Getting there. The station is located at Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal. Use the map above for turn-by-turn directions — the Directions button opens your default maps application with the station already set as the destination.
When to go. Park Street Police Station is open around the clock, but it is not equally busy around the clock. Mid-morning, roughly between ten and one, is the peak for walk-in complaints and verification queries. If your matter is not urgent, arriving early in the morning or in the late afternoon usually means a shorter wait and an officer with more time to hear you properly.
Who you will meet. Your first contact is the duty officer at the front desk. Explain your matter briefly and they will direct you — to the writer for a report, to the women's helpdesk, or to the SHO for something more serious. If you are unsure whom you need, always start at the front desk rather than wandering the building.
How long it takes. A straightforward lost-property NC generally takes fifteen to thirty minutes. An FIR takes longer, because the officer must record your statement in full and read it back to you. Verification paperwork is usually submitted in a few minutes, with the actual field visit following days later.
Language. You are entitled to have your statement recorded in a language you understand, and to have it read back to you before you sign. Never sign a statement you have not understood, and never sign a blank sheet.
What to carry with you
- A government photo ID — Aadhaar, driving licence, voter card or passport
- Any documents relating to your matter: bills, receipts, agreements, prescriptions
- Photographs or screenshots, with the originals kept on your device
- Names and phone numbers of any witnesses
- A written summary of what happened, with dates and times, so nothing is forgotten
- A pen — and a second copy of anything you are handing over
Other Police Stations Near Park Street Police Station
If Park Street Police Station is not the right jurisdiction for your matter, or you simply need a station closer to where you are right now, these other stations serve Kolkata and the surrounding area. Remember that under Zero FIR any of them must record a cognizable complaint regardless of where the offence took place.
NC or FIR — Which One Applies to My Complaint?
NC stands for Non-Cognizable, and no other piece of station vocabulary causes as much confusion. An NC is a formal register entry recording that you reported something — for an offence where police cannot investigate or arrest without a magistrate's permission.
Whether something is an NC or an FIR is fixed by statute, not by an officer's opinion. Minor assault without injury, public nuisance, defamation, simple trespass and most neighbour disputes are non-cognizable. Because the power to arrest is a serious intrusion, the law reserves it for graver crimes.
In practice most NCs filed in Kolkata are not disputes at all — they are lost property. The copy you receive is what your insurer, bank, the RTO or the passport office will demand before issuing a duplicate. Our lost and found guide covers what to do for each document type.
If a station says your matter is “only an NC” but you believe a cognizable offence occurred, say so politely and ask for the refusal in writing. You can then escalate to the Superintendent of Police, or apply to a magistrate under Section 175(3) BNSS.
Commonly filed as an NC in Kolkata
- A minor boundary or parking dispute with a neighbour
- Missing vehicle registration or insurance papers
- A pre-emptive record before a dispute escalates
- Address or character verification for an employer
- A lost passport, PAN card or driving licence
| Aspect | FIR (Cognizable) | NC (Non-Cognizable) |
|---|---|---|
| Typical offences | Theft, assault, burglary, fraud, kidnapping | Lost property, nuisance, minor disputes, defamation |
| Investigation starts | Immediately | Only after a magistrate's order |
| Goes to court as | Chargesheet or closure report | Only if a magistrate orders inquiry |
| Can police refuse? | No, for a cognizable offence | They must still record the entry |
| Arrest without warrant | Permitted | Not permitted |
| Free copy for you | Yes — legally guaranteed | Yes — always ask for it |
Filing an FIR at Park Street Police Station: What Actually Happens
Everything the police can lawfully do about a serious crime begins with one document: the First Information Report. It is recorded under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which replaced Section 154 of the old Code of Criminal Procedure. Until an FIR exists the police have no legal basis to investigate, arrest, or seize evidence.
The test is whether the offence is cognizable: serious enough to justify arrest without a warrant. Theft, burglary, assault causing hurt, kidnapping, rioting and murder all qualify. For anything less serious a station such as Park Street Police Station records a Non-Cognizable entry instead.
You need no lawyer, no stamp paper, no written application and no fee. Walk in, tell the duty officer what happened, and they must write it down, read it back to you in a language you understand, and take your signature or thumb impression.
The one thing never to skip is your free copy. Section 173(2) BNSS entitles every informant to a copy at no cost — anyone asking you to pay is acting unlawfully. Note the FIR number, the date and the recording officer's name; you will need all three for insurance, for court, and for every follow-up. If a station refuses outright, our complaint guide sets out the escalation route to the SP and then to a magistrate.
Is there a deadline?
No time limit applies to a serious offence, though a long unexplained delay may be raised by the defence at trial. Report promptly.
After filing
Keep the copy safe, note the Investigating Officer's name and number, and ask when to check back on progress.
What to state
Date, time and exact place, what was done and by whom, the value of anything lost, and any injury caused.
What to carry
Government photo ID, documents or bills relating to the incident, photographs, screenshots, and contact details for any witnesses.
Do I Have to Go to the Station Nearest the Crime?
Every police station in Kolkata is assigned a defined geographical area — its jurisdiction. As a rule the station covering the place where the incident happened is the one that investigates, not the station nearest your home.
It is the commonest reason people are sent away from a station and give up. A bag stolen on a train belongs to the Government Railway Police for that section of track. A car broken into in a mall car park belongs to the station covering the mall, even if you live thirty kilometres away. Online fraud follows where the loss occurred — generally wherever you are in Kolkata.
Zero FIR removes the burden of working this out. Introduced after the Justice Verma Committee, it lets you register an FIR at any station regardless of jurisdiction. The station numbers it zero, records the complaint in full, takes urgent action such as a medical examination, then transfers the file onward.
A station refusing a Zero FIR is not exercising discretion — it is committing an offence under Section 199 BNS, and for sexual offences that carries up to two years. The practical takeaway: in an emergency go to whichever station you can reach fastest. Sorting out jurisdiction is the police's job, not yours.
How Long Does Police Verification Take at Park Street Police Station?
Crime is not what brings most people to a station in Kolkata. Verification is. Knowing how it runs in Kolkata will save you weeks. Our guide to contacting the police covers what to prepare for each type.
NOC for a new business
Certain trades — bars, cyber cafés, hotels, pawnbrokers — need a police no-objection certificate before licensing.
Event and protest permission
Public gatherings, processions and loudspeaker use need prior permission from the local station or DCP office.
Arms licence verification
A far deeper check involving neighbourhood enquiry, medical fitness and references. Expect several weeks.
Character certificate
Often required for government jobs and licences. Issued by the station covering your address after a routine record check.
Verification is a free government service. No officer may charge for visiting your address or issuing a report. If asked for money, report it to the state Anti-Corruption Bureau or Vigilance Commission — see our sources and methodology.
How Do I Report Online Fraud in Kolkata?
Of everything reported to police in Kolkata, online fraud grows fastest and punishes delay hardest. Money leaving your account passes through mule accounts within minutes. Once withdrawn as cash or converted to crypto, recovery is close to impossible.
That is why 1930 exists. Run under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, it plugs into the system that can send a freeze instruction to the receiving bank in near real time. That window is the golden hour.
Call 1930 first — before your bank, before posting about it, before going to a station. Have the transaction ID, amount, time and your account number ready. Follow with a written complaint at cybercrime.gov.in, which returns a trackable acknowledgement number.
You may also report at any station including Park Street Police Station. None may refuse for want of a cyber cell or because the offender is in another state — the loss occurred where you are. Our cybercrime reporting guide walks through the evidence to preserve.
SIM swap
Your number is ported without consent so OTPs reach the attacker. Sudden loss of signal is the warning sign.
Sextortion
Threats to publish intimate images. Report it — the law protects you and your identity is not disclosed.
Job and task scams
Small payments for 'tasks' that build trust before a large deposit is demanded and vanishes.
UPI & bank fraud
Fake collect-requests and calls impersonating bank staff asking for an OTP. No bank ever asks for an OTP.
What Protections Do Women and Children Have in Kolkata?
Women and children are owed safeguards under Indian law considerably stronger than routine procedure, and every station — Park Street Police Station included — must honour them. Knowing they exist is often the difference between a complaint being taken seriously and being talked out of the door.
For women
- Every station must run a Women's Helpdesk, staffed by a woman officer wherever posting strength allows.
- The survivor's identity may not be disclosed — publishing it is itself an offence.
- Medical examination is free at any government or private hospital under Section 397 BNSS.
- A survivor with a disability may have an interpreter or special educator present, and the statement must be video recorded.
- A statement about a sexual offence must be recorded by a woman officer, at a place of the survivor's choosing — including her home.
For children
- A missing child must be registered as an FIR immediately, on the presumption of kidnapping or trafficking.
- Children in conflict with the law go before the Juvenile Justice Board, never a regular lock-up.
- Offences against children are handled under POCSO, 2012, which mandates child-friendly procedure throughout.
- The officer recording a POCSO statement must not be in uniform, and the child must never be made to meet the accused.
- CHILDLINE 1098 operates round the clock and will physically reach a child in distress.
Helplines: 1091 women's helpline, 181 domestic abuse, 1098 CHILDLINE, 112 any emergency. All free, all twenty-four hours, all working from a phone with no balance. See every emergency number explained.
What Else Do Police Handle in Kolkata?
Missing persons
Carry a recent photograph, a description of clothing, details of any phone or vehicle, and the names of friends and places frequented.
There is no waiting period. The twenty-four hour rule is a myth with no basis in law, and the Supreme Court has directed that reports be registered immediately.
Traffic matters
For a hit-and-run, note whatever registration you can, look for nearby CCTV or dashcam footage, and register an FIR the same day.
Challans are largely electronic now. Check and contest them through your state transport portal or Parivahan. A disputed challan goes before a traffic magistrate, not the issuing officer.
Lost and found
Many urban forces now accept lost-article reports online and email a downloadable certificate — worth checking before travelling to a station.
Lost documents and belongings are recorded as an NC, and that copy is what banks, insurers, the RTO and passport authorities require before issuing duplicates.
Do My Rights Change Inside a Police Station?
Your rights do not stop at the station door — that is where they matter most. Articles 20 and 21, reinforced by the Supreme Court in D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997), protect every person in India — complainant, witness or arrested person alike, and whether you are at Park Street Police Station or anywhere else.
On arrest the officer must state the grounds, wear visible identification of name and rank, and prepare an arrest memo attested by a family member or a respectable local person, recording the time and place. You may have one friend or relative informed.
You must be produced before a magistrate within twenty-four hours excluding travel. Custody beyond that needs judicial authorisation. You may meet a lawyer of your choice during interrogation, and receive a medical examination every forty-eight hours.
Women cannot be arrested before sunrise or after sunset without a magistrate's prior written permission, and any arrest or search of a woman must be by a woman officer — see our women's safety guide. Anyone under eighteen goes before the Juvenile Justice Board, never an ordinary lock-up.
As a complainant, Section 179 BNSS matters too: a woman, anyone under fifteen or over sixty, and anyone with a disability or acute illness cannot be compelled to attend a station outside their district. In those cases the police must come to you.
What Should I Avoid Doing at a Police Station?
Accepting a verbal refusal
If a station refuses a cognizable offence, ask in writing, then escalate to the SP or a magistrate under Sec. 175(3) BNSS.
Leaving without your free copy
Both an FIR and an NC entitle you to a copy at no cost. Without it you cannot claim insurance, apply for duplicates, or prove you reported anything.
Deleting the evidence
Screenshots, chat logs, call records and emails are evidence. Embarrassment is not a reason to destroy your own case.
Calling the bank before calling 1930
For online fraud the freeze instruction comes through the 1930 system. Minutes on hold with your bank are minutes the money keeps moving.
Signing something you have not read
Never sign a blank sheet or a statement not read back to you in a language you understand. You are entitled to both.
Not noting the officer's details
Record the name, rank and buckle number of whoever handles your matter. Every escalation route asks for it.
None of this is legal advice. For a matter already in court, or a serious allegation against you, speak to a qualified advocate. Free legal aid is available to every woman, every child and anyone below the income threshold through the District Legal Services Authority — start with our help guides.
Related Guides for Kolkata
What People Want to Know About Park Street Police Station
Common questions about visiting, contacting and filing complaints at Park Street Police Station in Kolkata.
What is the phone number of Park Street Police Station?
The listed telephone number for Park Street Police Station is 033-22265555. Use it for non-urgent enquiries — confirming the station handles your matter, checking which documents to bring, or asking whether a particular officer is on duty. In an emergency dial 100 or 112 instead, which reaches the West Bengal control room and can dispatch the nearest unit.
See other stations near this oneWhere is Park Street Police Station located?
Park Street Police Station is located at Park Street, Kolkata, West Bengal in Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal, PIN code 700016. The map on this page gives turn-by-turn directions from wherever you are.
All police stations in KolkataWhat are the opening hours of Park Street Police Station?
Park Street Police Station is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays, with a duty officer always at the front desk. It is busiest between roughly 10am and 1pm, so for anything non-urgent an early-morning or late-afternoon visit usually means a shorter wait.
Can I file an FIR at Park Street Police Station?
Yes. Park Street Police Station must register a First Information Report for any cognizable offence under Section 173 BNSS and cannot refuse. You are entitled to a free copy before you leave. Under Zero FIR the station must also record your complaint even if the offence occurred elsewhere, then transfer the file to the correct jurisdiction.
How to file an FIRHow do I file an NC at Park Street Police Station?
Visit Park Street Police Station and tell the duty officer what happened. For a non-cognizable matter — most often lost property such as a phone, wallet, passport or vehicle documents — the station records an NC entry and gives you a free copy. That copy is what your bank, insurer, the RTO or the passport office will ask for before issuing a duplicate.
Reporting lost propertyWhich areas fall under Park Street Police Station?
Park Street Police Station covers Park Street, Camac Street, Rawdon Street area. If your incident occurred inside that area, this is the station that will investigate it. If it happened elsewhere you may still report here under Zero FIR.
Police jurisdiction across West BengalDoes Park Street Police Station have a women's helpdesk?
Yes. Every police station in India, Park Street Police Station included, must operate a women's helpdesk. A statement about a sexual offence has to be recorded by a woman officer and may be given at a place of the survivor's choosing, including her own home. The women's helpline 1091 and domestic-abuse line 181 both run around the clock.
Women's safety resourcesCan I do tenant verification at Park Street Police Station?
Yes. Landlords letting property in Kolkata can submit tenant verification here, and households engaging drivers, cooks or security staff can do the same. It is free, and in many states it is a legal obligation rather than a courtesy. Several state forces now accept the form online.
Verification servicesDo I have to pay anything at Park Street Police Station?
No. Registering an FIR or NC, receiving your free copy, address and tenant verification and lost-property reports are all free government services. No officer is entitled to charge for them. If you are asked for money, report it to the West Bengal Anti-Corruption Bureau or Vigilance Commission.
Is Park Street Police Station the right station for my complaint?
It depends on where the incident happened rather than where you live. If the location falls inside this station's jurisdiction, yes. If not, you may still report here — Zero FIR requires Park Street Police Station to record a cognizable complaint and forward it to the correct station.
Compare stations in KolkataHow do I report a lost phone to Park Street Police Station?
File an NC at the station and keep the copy — your insurer and network operator will both want it. Also file on the CEIR portal, which blocks the handset by IMEI across every Indian network and continues tracing it even if the thief changes the SIM.
Lost phone and document guideHow far is Park Street Police Station from my location?
Use the Find Near Me tool to measure the distance from where you are standing to this and every other indexed station, sorted nearest first. Bear in mind that the straight-line distance shown is always shorter than the actual road route.
Measure the distance from youCan I report a missing person at Park Street Police Station?
Yes, and immediately — there is no twenty-four hour waiting period, despite the persistent myth. If the missing person is under eighteen, Park Street Police Station must register an FIR straight away on the presumption of kidnapping and upload details to the TrackChild portal. Bring a recent photograph and a description of clothing.
Reporting someone missingWho is the SHO of Park Street Police Station?
The Station House Officer is the Inspector or Sub-Inspector currently in command, and the posting changes periodically with transfers, so we do not publish individual officer names. Ask at the front desk, or call ahead. Both an Inspector and a Sub-Inspector can register an FIR, so you need not wait for a specific officer.