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

ForceArea of responsibilityNumber of police officersBudget Area size FormedLegal jurisdictionType
Avon and Somerset ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Somerset and unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire2,630£285.04,7771974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Bedfordshire PoliceUnitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton1,136£91.21,0241966England and Wales
British Transport PoliceNational Rail network, Docklands Light Railway, Glasgow Subway, London Trams, London Underground, West Midlands Metro, and the Sunderland line of the Tyne and Wear Metro3,028£187.7-1948 as BTCPOn railway land in England, Wales, and Scotland onlySpecial police force
Cambridgeshire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough1,332£116.03,3891965England and WalesTerritorial police force
Cheshire ConstabularyUnitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington2,010£157.42,1551857England and WalesTerritorial police force
City of London PoliceCity of London676£62.92.61839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Civil Nuclear ConstabularyCivilian nuclear facilities1,310£51.0-2005Civilian 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 suspectsSpecial police force
Cleveland PoliceUnitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees1,274£119.75971974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Cumbria ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Cumbria1,108£94.06,7681974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Derbyshire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby1,740£151.62,6251967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Devon and Cornwall PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, and Torbay2,921£256.810,2701967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Dorset PoliceUnitary authorities of Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole1,276£107.82,6531974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Durham ConstabularyUnitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington1,138£112.32,6761839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Dyfed-Powys PolicePrincipal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys1,159£83.610,9761968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Essex PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock2,857£242.23,6701969England and WalesTerritorial police force
Gloucestershire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire1,055£95.73,1501839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Greater Manchester PoliceMetropolitan county of Greater Manchester6,237£524.11,2761974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Gwent PolicePrincipal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, and Torfaen1,154£110.71,5551967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Hampshire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Hampshire and unitary authorities of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton2,861£281.94,1491967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Hertfordshire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire1,940£171.41,6431841England and WalesTerritorial police force
Humberside PoliceUnitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, and North Lincolnshire1,665£164.93,5171974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Kent PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Kent and unitary authority of Medway3,255£257.93,7361857England and WalesTerritorial police force
Lancashire ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool2,850£252.63,0751839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Leicestershire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of Leicester and Rutland2,104 £154.72,5381967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Lincolnshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire1,099£90.45,9211856England and WalesTerritorial police force
Merseyside PoliceMetropolitan county of Merseyside3,484£307.36451974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Metropolitan Police ServiceMetropolitan Police District 30,871£2,532.7 1,5781829England and Wales Territorial police force
Ministry of Defence PoliceMilitary establishments, designated critical national infrastructure, Whitehall, MOD family quarters2,594£363.4-1971Military buildings, property, and employees, throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern IrelandSpecial police force
Norfolk ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Norfolk1,519£131.35,3711839England and WalesTerritorial police force
North Wales PolicePrincipal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, and Wrexham1,487£124.86,1721974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Northamptonshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire1,178£110.32,3641966England and WalesTerritorial police force
Northumbria PoliceMetropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland3,245£270.15,5531974England and WalesTerritorial police force
North Yorkshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and unitary authority of York1,320£127.68,3101974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Nottinghamshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham1,842£177.62,1601968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Police Service of Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland6,621Bu13,8432001Northern IrelandTerritorial police force
Police ScotlandScotland17,170£1,064.8 78,7722013ScotlandTerritorial police force
South Wales PolicePrincipal areas of Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, and the Vale of Glamorgan2,890£232.12,0741969England and WalesTerritorial police force
South Yorkshire PoliceMetropolitan county of South Yorkshire2,472£239.61,5521974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Staffordshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent1,595£170.92,7131968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Suffolk ConstabularyNon-metropolitan county of Suffolk1,096£101.93,8011967England and WalesTerritorial police force
Surrey PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Surrey2,009£180.61,6631851England and WalesTerritorial police force
Sussex PoliceNon-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove2,550£237.13,7831968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Thames Valley PoliceNon-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Milton Keynes, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, West Berkshire, and Windsor and Maidenhead4,077£344.45,7421968England and WalesTerritorial police force
Warwickshire PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Warwickshire823£80.11,9751840England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Mercia PoliceNon-metropolitan county of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin2,017£184.37,4081967England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Midlands PoliceMetropolitan county of the West Midlands6,535£521.89021974England and WalesTerritorial police force
West Yorkshire PoliceMetropolitan county of West Yorkshire4,826£396.02,0291974England and WalesTerritorial police force
Wiltshire PoliceUnitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire966£108.03,4851839England and WalesTerritorial police force
Total—153,002£13.14 billion————

;England and Wales territorial police forces and BTP
Number of police officers is measured as full-time equivalent for 30 September 2017.
Budget is valid for 2007-8.