Why has my application been sent to a police force in a region I have not lived in?

Enhanced DBS checks are sent by secure, electronic means to the police for an additional check of local records before the information is sent back to DBS and the completed certificate is printed. Your details may be the same as, or similar to details held at any police force across the country. To make sure potential matches are not missed, those police forces will check the details against their locally held information.

Because of this, it is possible for Enhanced DBS check applicant information to be referred to police force areas where they have not lived.