List of police forces of the United Kingdom
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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
| Force | Area responsible for | Number of police officers | Budget (millions) | Area size (km²) | Formed | Legal jurisdiction | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Somerset and unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | 2,707 | £248.9 | 4,777 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Bedfordshire Police | Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton | 1,027 | £91.2 | 1,024 | 1966 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| British Transport Police | National Rail network, Docklands Light Railway, Glasgow Subway, London Underground, Midland Metro, Tramlink and the Sunderland line of the Tyne and Wear Metro | 2,835[SPF 1] | £187.7 [SPF 2] | - | 1948 as BTCP | On railway land, request from another police force and certain other circumstances, in England, Wales and Scotland only | Special police force |
| Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough | 1,326 | £116.0 | 3,389 | 1965 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Cheshire Constabulary | Unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington | 2,013 | £157.4 | 2,155 | 1857 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| City of London Police | City of London | 852 | £62.9 | 2.6 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Civil Nuclear Constabulary | Civilian nuclear facilities | 774[SPF 3] | £51.0 [SPF 4] | - | 2005 | Civilian nuclear facilities (and up to 5 km of those), when guarding nuclear material, and when on business relevant to nuclear material | Special police force |
| Cleveland Police | Unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees | 1,326 | £119.7 | 597 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Cumbria Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Cumbria | 1,143 | £94.0 | 6,768 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Derbyshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby | 2,074 | £151.6 | 2,625 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Devon and Cornwall Police | Non-metropolitan county of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth and Torbay | 3,556 | £256.8 | 10,270 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Dorset Police | Non-metropolitan county of Dorset and unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole | 1,486 | £107.8 | 2,653 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Durham Constabulary | Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington | 1,507 | £112.3 | 2,676 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Dyfed-Powys Police | Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys | 1,195 | £83.6 | 10,976 | 1968 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Essex Police | Non-metropolitan county of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock | 3,606 | £242.2 | 3,670 | 1969 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire | 1,309 | £95.7 | 3,150 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Greater Manchester Police | Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester | 8,148 | £524.1 | 1,276 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Gwent Police | Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen | 1,204 | £110.7 | 1,555 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Hampshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Hampshire, unitary authorities of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton | 3,748 | £281.9 | 4,149 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire | 2,130 | £171.4 | 1,643 | 1841 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Humberside Police | Unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire | 2,058 | £164.9 | 3,517 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Kent Police | Non-metropolitan county of Kent and unitary authority of Medway | 3,787 | £257.9 | 3,736 | 1857 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Lancashire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool | 3,649 | £252.6 | 3,075 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Leicestershire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of the Leicester and Rutland | 2,317 | £154.7 | 2,538 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Lincolnshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire | 1,100 | £90.4 | 5,921 | 1856 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Merseyside Police | Metropolitan county of Merseyside | 4,516 | £307.3 | 645 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Metropolitan Police Service | Metropolitan Police District (London region excluding the City of London) | 33,367 | £2,532.7 (£2.5 billion) | 1,578 | 1829 | England and Wales (includes Scotland and Northern Ireland for officers on close protection duties) | Territorial police force |
| Ministry of Defence Police | Military establishments | 3,513[SPF 5] | £363.4 [SPF 6] | - | 1971 | Military buildings, property & employees, on request by another police force and certain other circumstances | Special police force |
| Norfolk Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Norfolk | 1,662 | £131.3 | 5,371 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| North Wales Police | Principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham | 1,590 | £124.8 | 6,172 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Northamptonshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire | 1,343 | £110.3 | 2,364 | 1966 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Northumbria Police | Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland | 4,187 | £270.1 | 5,553 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| North Yorkshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and unitary authority of York | 1,486 | £127.6 | 8,310 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Nottinghamshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham | 2,409 | £177.6 | 2,160 | 1968 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 7,410[NI 1] | £962.7 [NI 2] | 13,843 | 2001 | Northern Ireland | Territorial police force |
| Police Service of Scotland | Scotland | 17,436 [S 1] | £1,200 (£1.2 billion) | 78,772 | 2013 | 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 | 3,148 | £232.1 | 2,074 | 1969 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| South Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire | 2,953 | £239.6 | 1,552 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Staffordshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent | 2,161 | £170.9 | 2,713 | 1968 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Suffolk Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Suffolk | 1,246 | £101.9 | 3,801 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Surrey Police | Non-metropolitan county of Surrey | 1,890 | £180.6 | 1,663 | 1851 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Sussex Police | Non-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove | 3,213 | £237.1 | 3,783 | 1968 | 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 | 4,434 | £344.4 | 5,742 | 1968 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Warwickshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire | 973 | £80.1 | 1,975 | 1840 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Mercia Police | Non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin | 2,391 | £184.3 | 7,408 | 1967 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Midlands Police | Metropolitan county of the West Midlands | 7,596 | £521.8 | 902 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| West Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire | 4,296 | £396.0 | 2,029 | 1974 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
| Wiltshire Police | Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire | 1,181 | £108.0 [E 1] | 3,485 | 1839 | England and Wales | Territorial police force |
See also
- List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom
- Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
References
- England and Wales territorial police forces
Number of police officers is measured as Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) for 31 March 2010 and is from Home Office Statistical Bulletin 14/10.
Budget is valid for 2007-8 and is from the Home Office website.
- ^ "WILTSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY SETS BUDGET FOR 2010-11". Wiltshire-pa.gov.uk. 2010-02-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
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- Police Scotland
Number of police officers is valid for December 2008 and is from the Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland.
Budgets were acquired on a force-by-force basis and are mainly for 2007-8.
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- ^ "Strength of Police Service Statistics | Police Service of Northern Ireland". Psni.police.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
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- Special police forces
- ^ "> About us". Btp.police.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
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- ^ "cnc_artwork 2009 060709.indd" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
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- ^ "Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2007 - 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-07-22.
External links
- Police.uk – Information about crime and policing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- List of UK police forces from Police.uk
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