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.

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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.

Map of the 45 territorial police areas in the UK

Table
Force Area of responsibility Number of police officers Budget (millions) Area size (km2) Formed Legal jurisdiction Type
Avon and Somerset Police Unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire3,202[1]£326.6[2]4,7771974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Bedfordshire Police Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton1,396[1]£122.5[2]1,0241966England and WalesTerritorial police force
British Transport Police National Rail Network, London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, West Midlands Metro, Croydon Tramlink, Tyne and Wear Metro (part), Glasgow Subway and Emirates AirLine[3]2,960[4]£319.17[5]200[6]1948 as BTCPOn railway land (and also other areas upon request by another police force, and in certain other circumstances) in England, Wales, and ScotlandSpecial police force
Cambridgeshire Constabulary County of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough1,671[1]£156.2[2]3,3891965England and WalesTerritorial police force
Cheshire Constabulary Unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington2,370[1]£208.0[2]2,1551857England and WalesTerritorial police force
City of London Police City of London970[1]£67.0[2]2.61839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Civilian nuclear facilities: Dounreay, Torness, Hunterston, Hartlepool, Sellafield, Heysham, Sizewell, Culham, Harwell, Hinkley Point, Dungeness[7]1,310[lower-alpha 1]£116.7[9]-2005Civilian 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 IrelandSpecial police force
Cleveland Police Unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees1,443[1]£143.5[2]5971974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Cumbria Constabulary Unitary authorities of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness1,288[1]£117.86,7681974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Derbyshire Constabulary County of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby2,038[1]£193.9[2]2,6251967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Devon and Cornwall Police County of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, and Torbay3,515[1]£338.4[2]10,2701967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Dorset Police Unitary authorities of Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1,380[1]£144.3[2]2,6531974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Durham Constabulary Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington1,295[1]£133.3[2]2,6761839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Dyfed-Powys Police Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys1,275[1]£115.5[2]10,9761968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Essex Police County of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock3,678[1]£320.2[2]3,6701969England and WalesTerritorial police force
Gloucestershire Constabulary County of Gloucestershire1,279[1]£126.9[2]3,1501839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Greater Manchester Police Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester7,591[1]£643.0[2]1,2761974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Gwent Police Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, and Torfaen1,491[1]£142.2[2]1,5551967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary County of Hampshire and unitary authorities of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton3,302[1]£366.4[2]4,1491967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Hertfordshire Constabulary County of Hertfordshire2,261[1]£221.3[2]1,6431841England and WalesTerritorial police force
Humberside Police Unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, and North Lincolnshire2,192[1]£200.7[2]3,5171974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Kent Police County of Kent and unitary authority of Medway4,064[1]£338.4[2]3,7361857England and WalesTerritorial police force
Lancashire Constabulary County of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool3,369[1]£308.8[2]3,0751839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Leicestershire Police County of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of Leicester and Rutland2,335[1]£204.0[2]2,5381967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Lincolnshire Police County of Lincolnshire1,182[1]£131.6[2]5,9211856England and WalesTerritorial police force
Merseyside Police Metropolitan county of Merseyside4,093[1]£359.7[2]6451974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Metropolitan Police Service Metropolitan Police District (London region excluding the City of London)35,052[1]£2,939.9[2]1,5781829England 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, GCHQ2,594[lower-alpha 2]£156.6[11]-1971Military 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 IrelandSpecial police force
Norfolk Constabulary County of Norfolk1,921[1]£177.2[2]5,3711839England and WalesTerritorial police force
North Wales Police Principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham1,652[1]£167.1[2]6,1721974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Northamptonshire Police Unitary authorities of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire1,458[1]£146.2[2]2,3641966England and WalesTerritorial police force
Northumbria Police Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland3,658[1]£307.1[2]5,5531974England and WalesTerritorial police force
North Yorkshire Police Unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and the City of York1,669[1]£166.2[2]8,3101974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Nottinghamshire Police County of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham2,401[1]£224.8[2]2,1601968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Police Service of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland6,772[12]£1,077.4[13]13,8432001Northern IrelandTerritorial police force
Police Scotland Scotland16,570[14]£1,064.8[15]78,7722013ScotlandTerritorial police force
South Wales Police Principal areas of Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, and the Vale of Glamorgan3,397[1]£315.8[2]2,0741969England and WalesTerritorial police force
South Yorkshire Police Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire3,022[1]£282.1[2]1,5521974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Staffordshire Police County of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent1,913[1]£211.1[2]2,7131968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Suffolk Constabulary County of Suffolk1,387[1]£135.1[2]3,8011967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Surrey Police County of Surrey2,153[1]£249.4[2]1,6631851England and WalesTerritorial police force
Sussex Police Non-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove3,051[1]£309.9[2]3,7831968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Thames Valley Police Non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire and unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, West Berkshire, and Windsor and Maidenhead4,772[1]£456.7[2]5,7421968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Warwickshire Police County of Warwickshire1,029[1]£109.9[2]1,9751840England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Mercia Police County of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin2,358[1]£236.5[2]7,4081967England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Midlands Police Metropolitan county of the West Midlands7,715[1]£620.4[2]9021974England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Yorkshire Police Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire5,930[1]£485.0[2]2,0291974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Wiltshire Police Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire1,138[1]£127.7[2]3,4851839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Total — 174,415 £15,832 — — — —
  1. Number of police officers as of November 2016.[8]
  2. Number of police officers is measured as full-time equivalent (FTE) for 31 March 2017.[10]

List of territorial police forces by region

London

South East of England

East of England

South West of England

West Midlands of England

East Midlands of England

Yorkshire and the Humber

North East of England

North West of England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

List of special police forces

See also

References
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  2. 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.
  3. "About us". British Transport Police.
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  8. "CNC Workforce 2016 - a Freedom of Information request to Civil Nuclear Constabulary". WhatDoTheyKnow. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  9. FY 2019-20. "Civil Nuclear Police Authority Annual Report & Accounts 2019/20" (PDF). Civil Nuclear Police Authority. p. 25. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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