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.
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+ Force Area served Number of police officers Budget (millions) Area size (km2) FormedCountry/Region Legal jurisdictionType Avon and Somerset Police Unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire 3,202 £326.6Figure includes cost of the Police and Crime Commissioner for each force, or equivalent. 4,777 1974 South West England England and Wales Territorial police force Bedfordshire Police Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton 1,396 £122.5 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 2,960 £319.17 200 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 £156.2 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 £208.0 2,155 1857 North West England England and Wales Territorial police force City of London Police City of London 970 £67.0 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 1,310 £116.7FY 2019-20. - 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 £143.5 597 1974 North East England England and Wales Territorial police force Cumbria Constabulary Unitary authorities of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness 1,288 £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 £193.9 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 £338.4 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 £144.3 2,653 1974 South West England England and Wales Territorial police force Durham Constabulary Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington 1,295 £133.3 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 £115.5 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 £320.2 3,670 1969 East of England England and Wales Territorial police force Gloucestershire Constabulary County of Gloucestershire 1,279 £126.9 3,150 1839 South West England England and Wales Territorial police force Greater Manchester Police Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester 8,550 £643.0 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 £142.2 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 £366.4 4,149 1967 South East England England and Wales Territorial police force Hertfordshire Constabulary County of Hertfordshire 2,261 £221.3 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 £200.7 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 £338.4 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 £308.8 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 £204.0 2,538 1967 East Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force Lincolnshire Police County of Lincolnshire 1,182 £131.6 5,921 1856 East Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force Merseyside Police Metropolitan county of Merseyside 4,093 £359.7 645 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 £2,939.9 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 £156.6 - 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 £177.2 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 £167.1 6,172 1974 Wales England and Wales Territorial police force Northamptonshire Police Unitary authorities of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire 1,458 £146.2 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 £307.1 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 £166.2 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 £224.8 2,160 1968 East Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force Police Service of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 6,772 £1,077.4 13,843 2001 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Territorial police force Police Service of Scotland Scotland 16,570 £1,064.8 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 £315.8 2,074 1969 Wales England and Wales Territorial police force South Yorkshire Police Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire 3,022 £282.1 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 £211.1 2,713 1968 West Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force Suffolk Constabulary County of Suffolk 1,387 £135.1 3,801 1967 East of England England and Wales Territorial police force Surrey Police County of Surrey 2,153 £249.4 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 £309.9 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 £456.7 5,742 1968 South East England England and Wales Territorial police force Warwickshire Police County of Warwickshire 1,029 £109.9 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 £236.5 7,408 1967 West Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force West Midlands Police Metropolitan county of the West Midlands 7,715 £620.4 902 1974 West Midlands England and Wales Territorial police force West Yorkshire Police Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire 5,930 £485.0 2,029 1974 Yorkshire and the Humber England and Wales Territorial police force Wiltshire Police Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire 1,138 £127.7 3,485 1839 South West England England and Wales Territorial police forceTotal—174,415£15,832————
List of special police forces British Transport Police Civil Nuclear Constabulary Ministry of Defence Police
See also List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
References
External links 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