List of police forces of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the 45 territorial police forces and 3 special police forces of the United Kingdom. It does not include non-police law enforcement agencies or bodies of constables not constituted as police forces.
For a list of all law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and its territories, see List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories.
Table
[edit]| Force | Area served | Number of police officers | Budget (millions) | Area size (km2) | Formed | Country/Region | Legal jurisdiction | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Police | Unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire | 3,202[1] | £326.6[2] | 4,777 | 1974 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Bedfordshire Police | Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton | 1,396[1] | £122.5[2] | 1,024 km2 (395 sq mi) |
1966 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| British Transport Police | National Rail Network, London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, West Midlands Metro, London Trams, Tyne and Wear Metro (part), Glasgow Subway and London Cable car[3] | 2,960[4] | £319.17[5] | 200[6] | 1948 as BTCP | On railway land (and also other areas upon request by another police force, and in certain other circumstances) in England, Wales, and Scotland | Special police force | |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | County of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough | 1,671[1] | £156.2[2] | 3,389 | 1965 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Cheshire Constabulary | Unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington | 2,370[1] | £208.0[2] | 2,155 | 1857 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| City of London Police | City of London | 970[1] | £67.0[2] | 2.6 | 1839 | Greater London | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Civil Nuclear Constabulary | Civilian nuclear facilities: Dounreay, Torness, Hunterston, Hartlepool, Sellafield, Heysham, Sizewell, Culham, Harwell, Hinkley Point, Dungeness[7] | 1,310[a] | £116.7[9] | - | 2005 | Civilian nuclear sites and surrounding lands up to 5 km distant, and any such places as required when escorting nuclear materials in transit or pursuing or detaining suspects in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland | Special police force | |
| Cleveland Police | Unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees | 1,443[1] | £143.5[2] | 597 | 1974 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Cumbria Constabulary | Unitary authorities of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness | 1,288[1] | £117.8 | 6,768 | 1974 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | County of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby | 2,038[1] | £193.9[2] | 2,625 | 1967 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | County of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, and Torbay | 3,515[1] | £338.4[2] | 10,270 | 1967 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Dorset Police | Unitary authorities of Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 1,380[1] | £144.3[2] | 2,653 | 1974 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Durham Constabulary | Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington | 1,295[1] | £133.3[2] | 2,676 | 1839 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys | 1,275[1] | £115.5[2] | 10,976 | 1968 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Essex Police | County of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock | 3,678[1] | £320.2[2] | 3,670 | 1969 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | County of Gloucestershire | 1,279[1] | £126.9[2] | 3,150 | 1839 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Greater Manchester Police | Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester | 8,550[1] | £643.0[2] | 1,276 | 1974 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Gwent Police | Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, and Torfaen | 1,491[1] | £142.2[2] | 1,555 | 1967 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | County of Hampshire and unitary authorities of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton | 3,302[1] | £366.4[2] | 4,149 | 1967 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | County of Hertfordshire | 2,261[1] | £221.3[2] | 1,643 | 1841 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Humberside Police | Unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, and North Lincolnshire | 2,192[1] | £200.7[2] | 3,517 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Kent Police | County of Kent and unitary authority of Medway | 4,064[1] | £338.4[2] | 3,736 | 1857 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Lancashire Constabulary | County of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool | 3,369[1] | £308.8[2] | 3,075 | 1839 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Leicestershire Police | County of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of Leicester and Rutland | 2,335[1] | £204.0[2] | 2,538 | 1967 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Lincolnshire Police | County of Lincolnshire | 1,182[1] | £131.6[2] | 5,921 | 1856 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Merseyside Police | Metropolitan county of Merseyside | 4,093[1] | £359.7[2] | 645 | 1974 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Metropolitan Police Service | Metropolitan Police District (London region excluding the City of London) | 35,052[1] | £2,939.9[2] | 1,578 | 1829 | Greater London | England and Wales (includes Scotland and Northern Ireland for officers on close protection duties) | Territorial police force |
| Ministry of Defence Police | Critical Defence Sites, Designated Critical National Infrastructure, MOD Headquarters Whitehall, Trident, Atomic Weapons Establishment, GCHQ | 2,594[b] | £156.6[11] | - | 1971 | Military buildings, property, and employees (as well as other areas upon request by another police force, and in certain other circumstances), in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland | Special police force | |
| Norfolk Constabulary | County of Norfolk | 1,921[1] | £177.2[2] | 5,371 | 1839 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| North Wales Police | Principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham | 1,652[1] | £167.1[2] | 6,172 | 1974 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Northamptonshire Police | Unitary authorities of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire | 1,458[1] | £146.2[2] | 2,364 | 1966 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Northumbria Police | Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland | 3,658[1] | £307.1[2] | 5,553 | 1974 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| North Yorkshire Police | Unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and the City of York | 1,669[1] | £166.2[2] | 8,310 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Nottinghamshire Police | County of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham | 2,401[1] | £224.8[2] | 2,160 | 1968 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 6,772[12] | £1,077.4[13] | 13,843 | 2001 | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Territorial police force |
| Police Scotland | Scotland | 16,570[14] | £1,064.8[15] | 78,772 | 2013 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
| South Wales Police | Principal areas of Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, and the Vale of Glamorgan | 3,397[1] | £315.8[2] | 2,074 | 1969 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| South Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire | 3,022[1] | £282.1[2] | 1,552 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Staffordshire Police | County of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent | 1,913[1] | £211.1[2] | 2,713 | 1968 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Suffolk Constabulary | County of Suffolk | 1,387[1] | £135.1[2] | 3,801 | 1967 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Surrey Police | County of Surrey | 2,153[1] | £249.4[2] | 1,663 | 1851 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Sussex Police | Non-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove | 3,051[1] | £309.9[2] | 3,783 | 1968 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Thames Valley Police | Non-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Milton Keynes, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, West Berkshire, and Windsor and Maidenhead | 4,772[1] | £456.7[2] | 5,742 | 1968 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Warwickshire Police | County of Warwickshire | 1,029[1] | £109.9[2] | 1,975 | 1840 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Mercia Police | County of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin | 2,358[1] | £236.5[2] | 7,408 | 1967 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Midlands Police | Metropolitan county of the West Midlands | 7,715[1] | £620.4[2] | 902 | 1974 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire | 5,930[1] | £485.0[2] | 2,029 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Wiltshire Police | Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire | 1,138[1] | £127.7[2] | 3,485 | 1839 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Total | — | 174,415 | £15,832 | — | — | — | — |
List of special police forces
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom
- Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq "Police officer uplift, quarterly update to September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Figure includes cost of the Police and Crime Commissioner for each force, or equivalent. "Police Funding for England & Wales 2015-2021 (Statistical Bulletin 16/20)" (PDF). Home Office. July 2020. p. 14. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "About us". British Transport Police.
- ^ "Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Policing Great Britain's Rail Network: Forcewide and Divisional Plans 2020/21" (PDF). British Transport Police Authority. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Latest technology to improve thousands of miles of biodiversity". 21 January 2021.
- ^ "CNC Jobs | Locations". cnc.jobs. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "CNC Workforce 2016 - a Freedom of Information request to Civil Nuclear Constabulary". WhatDoTheyKnow. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ FY 2019-20. "Civil Nuclear Police Authority Annual Report & Accounts 2019/20" (PDF). Civil Nuclear Police Authority. p. 25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Freedom of Information Act 2000: Police Numbers" (PDF). Ministry of Defence Police.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence Police Annual Business Plan 2020/21" (PDF). Ministry of Defence Police. p. 20. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Strength of Police Service Statistics". PSNI. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Annual Policing Plan for Northern Ireland 2019-20" (PDF). Northern Ireland Policing Board. p. 31. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Police officer quarterly strength statistics: 30 September 2022". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "Scottish Police Authority Three Year Financial Plan 2018/19 to 2020/21". Police Scotland. Scottish Police Authority. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Police.uk – Information about crime and policing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- List of UK police forces from Police.uk
- Police forces - Information about area size for police force
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