Masvingo Province is situated to the South-East of Zimbabwe. It shares internal boundaries with Manicaland Province to the East, Matabeleland South to the South, Midlands to the West, Mashonaland East to the North and externally it shares international boundaries with the Republic of South Africa to the South and Mozambique to the South-East. The Provincial headquarters is located at corner Robertson Street and Josiah Tongogara Street, Masvingo, about 300 km from Police General Headquarters.
The Province policies an area of 56 566 km2 with a population of about 1 486 604 basing on the 2012 census. The Province is divided into 4 operational Districts namely Masvingo Central, East, West and Chiredzi. There is one CID District which covers the whole province. There are 21 duty uniform stations, 6 CID stations, 3 National Traffic stations and 1 Border Control and Minerals Unit station. Most of the stations are situated in a rural environment.