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table of police forces in the United Kingdom
This table of police forces in the United Kingdom includes territorial police forces and special police forces. It does not include non-police law enforcement agencies or bodies of constables not constituted as police forces.
Table
editForce | Area responsible for | Number of police officers | Budget (millions) | Area size (km²) | Country | Legal jurisdiction | Type |
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Avon and Somerset Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Somerset and districts of South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset | 3,264 | £282.7[EW 1] | 4,777 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Bedfordshire Police | Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton | 1,242 | £103.1[EW 2] | 1,246 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
British Transport Police | National Rail network, London Underground system, Docklands Light Railway, Midland Metro, Croydon Tramlink, Glasgow Subway and the Sunderland line of the Tyne and Wear Metro | 2,652[SPF 1] | £200.1[SPF 2] | - | England, Wales and Scotland | On railway land, on request from another police force and certain other circumstances | Special police force |
Cambridgeshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough | 1,441 | £130.5[EW 3] | 3,389 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Central Scotland Police | Council areas of Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire | 844 | £63.1[S 1] | 2,643 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Cheshire Constabulary | Unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington | 2,803 | £177.2[EW 4] | 2,155 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
City of London Police | City of London | 878 | £70.5[EW 5] | 2.6 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Civil Nuclear Constabulary | Civilian nuclear facilities | 774[SPF 3] | £78.5[SPF 4] | - | United Kingdom | 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, Stockton on Tees and Redcar and Cleveland | 1,694 | £141.7[EW 6] | 597 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Cumbria Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Cumbria | 1,220 | £103.6[EW 7] | 6,768 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Derbyshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby | 2,074 | £175.6[EW 8] | 2,625 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly | 3,526 | £304.0[EW 9] | 10,270 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Dorset Police | Non-metropolitan county of Dorset and unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole | 1,478 | £120.5[EW 10] | 2,653 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | Council area of Dumfries and Galloway | 489 | £--.- [S 2] | 6,426 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Durham Constabulary | Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington | 1,463 | £121.4[EW 11] | 2,676 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Dyfed-Powys Police | Principal areas of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Powys | 1,175 | £94.7[EW 12] | 10,976 | Wales | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Essex Police | Non-metropolitan county of Essex | 3,639 | £269.0[EW 13] | 3,670 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Fife Constabulary | Council area of Fife | 1,078 | £64.0[S 3] | 1,325 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Gloucestershire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire | 1,295 | £106.4[EW 14] | 3,150 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Grampian Police | Council areas of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray | 1,489 | £118.0[S 4] | 8,737 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Greater Manchester Police | Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester | 7,976 | £585.2[EW 15] | 1,276 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Gwent Police | Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen | 1,508 | £125.0 [EW 16] | 1,555 | Wales | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Hampshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 3,702 | £314.1[EW 17] | 4,149 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Hertfordshire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire | 2,092 | £190.6[EW 18] | 1,643 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Humberside Police | Unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire | 2,001 | £188.4[EW 19] | 3,517 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Kent Police | Non-metropolitan county of Kent and unitary authority of Medway | 3,741 | £287.8[EW 20] | 3,736 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Lancashire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen | 3,549 | £275.6[EW 21] | 3,075 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Leicestershire Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of the City of Leicester and Rutland | 2,258 | £174.6[EW 22] | 2,538 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Lincolnshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire | 1,197 | £120.2[EW 23] | 5,921 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Lothian and Borders Police | Council areas of City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian | 2,856 | £---.-[S 5] | 6,456 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Merseyside Police | Metropolitan county of Merseyside | 4,414 | £350.2[EW 24] | 645 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Metropolitan Police Service | Metropolitan Police District (region of Greater London excluding the City of London) | 32,900 | £3,572.3 (£3.6 billion)[EW 25] |
1,578 | England | England & Wales (includes Scotland and Northern Ireland for officers on close protection duties) | Territorial police force |
Ministry of Defence Police | Military establishments | 3,496 (2010)[SPF 5] | £249.5[SPF 6] | - | United Kingdom | Military buildings, property & employees, on request by another police force and certain other circumstances | Special police force |
Norfolk Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Norfolk | 1,631 | £148.6[EW 26] | 5,371 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Northern Constabulary | Council areas of Highland, Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles), the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles | 762 | £52.3[S 6] | 31,186 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
North Wales Police | Principal areas of Wrexham, Conwy, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey | 1,558 | £155.6[EW 27] | 6,172 | Wales | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Northamptonshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire | 1,337 | £122.5[EW 28] | 2,364 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Northumbria Police | Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland | 4,144 | £287.7[EW 29] | 5,553 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
North Yorkshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and unitary authority of York | 1,452 | £140.5[EW 30] | 8,310 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Nottinghamshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham | 2,379 | £197.2[EW 31] | 2,160 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Police Service of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 7765[NI 1] | £1,154.5[NI 2] | 13,843 | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Territorial police force |
Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency | National-level law enforcement in Scotland | 319[SPF 7] | £19.8[SPF 8] | - | Scotland | Scotland | Special police force |
South Wales Police | Principal areas of Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Swansea and the Vale of Glamorgan | 3,108 | £276.2[EW 32] | 2,074 | Wales | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
South Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire | 2,977 | £256.6[EW 33] | 1,552 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Staffordshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent | 2,116 | £198.3[EW 34] | 2,713 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Strathclyde Police | Council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire | 7,948 | £447.6[S 7] | 13,624 | Scotland | Scotland | Territorial police force |
Suffolk Constabulary | Non-metropolitan county of Suffolk | 1,272 | £125.5 [EW 35] | 3,801 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Surrey Police | Non-metropolitan county of Surrey | 1,864 | £213.2[EW 36] | 1,663 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Sussex Police | Non-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove | 3,177 | £305.9[EW 37] | 3,783 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Tayside Police | Council areas of Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross | 1,215 | £88.9[S 8] | 7,528 | Scotland | Scotland | 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 | 4,412 | £344.4[EW 38] | 5,742 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Warwickshire Police | Non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire | 949 | £93.6[EW 39] | 1,975 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
West Mercia Police | Non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin | 2,303 | £222.9[EW 40] | 7,408 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
West Midlands Police | Metropolitan county of the West Midlands | 8,485 | £650.4[EW 41] | 902 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
West Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire | 5,673 | £432.8[EW 42] | 2,029 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
Wiltshire Police | Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire | 1,138 | £106.9[EW 43] | 3,485 | England | England & Wales | Territorial police force |
References
editTerritorial police forces
editEngland and Wales
editNumber of police officers is measured in terms of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) for 30 September 2010 and is from Home Office Statistical Bulletin 03/11.
Budgets:
- relate to the financial year 2011-12,
- state "gross revenue expenditure" (which is separate to capital expenditure, and before taking into account direct payments for services)
- have been rounded to one decimal place.
- ^ "Spending leaflet" (PDF). Website of Avon & Somerset Police Authority. Avon & Somerset Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "REVENUE BUDGET 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Bedfordshire Police Authority. Bedfordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Police authority agrees council tax freeze". Website of Cambridgeshire Police Authority. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "2011-12 REVENUE BUDGET, CAPITAL PROGRAMME AND COUNCIL TAX AND PROVISIONAL BUDGETS FOR 2012-15" (PDF). Website of Cheshire Police Authority. Cheshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "City of London Policing Plan 2011 – 2014" (PDF). Website of the City of London Police. City of London Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Budget 2011/12 and Long Term Financial Plan 2011/12 to 2015/16" (PDF). Website of Cleveland Police Authority. Cleveland Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "POLICING PLAN FOR A SAFER STRONGER CUMBRIA 2011 - 14" (PDF). Website of Cumbria Police Authority. Cumbria Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "REVENUE BUDGET FORECAST 2011/12 TO 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Derbyshire Police Authority. Derbyshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Four Year Medium Term Financial Strategy - 2011/12 to 2014/15 and the Annual Budget for 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Devon and Cornwall Police Authority. Devon and Cornwall Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Three Year Strategy 2011/14 & Annual Policing Plan 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Dorset Police. Dorset Police & Dorset Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Revenue & Capital Budgets 2011/2012" (PDF). Website of Durham Police Authority. Durham Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Home » About Us » Financial Information » Budget". Website of Dyfed-Powys Police. Dyfed-Powys Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Council tax details for 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Essex Police. Essex Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "People First Policing The Policing Plan For Gloucestershire 2011 – 2012" (PDF). Website for the Gloucestershire Policing Plan. Gloucestershire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "REVENUE BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2011-2012 PRUDENTIAL INDICATORS AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY". Website of Greater Manchester Police Authority. Greater Manchester Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Gwent Policing Plan 2011 - 2015". Website of Gwent Police. Gwent Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "2011/12 Hampshire Police Authority Council Tax Precept (0%) Frequently Asked Questions". Hantsweb. Hampshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "The cost of policing Hertfordshire 2011-2012" (PDF). Website of North Hertfordshire Council. Hertfordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Council Tax Information 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Humberside Police Authority. Humberside Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Revenue Budget 2011/12 & Medium Term Plan to 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Kent Police Authority. Kent Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Working for you in Chorley 2011/12". Website of Chorley Borough Council. Lancashire Police Authority, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Axe hanging over more police officers in Leicestershire". Hinckley Times. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "HE POLICING for Lincolnshire PLAN 2011/14" (PDF). Website of Lincolnshire Police. Lincolnshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "RESOLUTION OF THE MERSEYSIDE POLICE AUTHORITY - THE BUDGET 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Merseyside Police Authority. Merseyside Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "The Greater London Authority Consolidated Budget and Component Budgets for 2011-12" (PDF). london.gov.uk. Mayor of London. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Norfolk Police Authority agrees Budget for 2011/12". Website of Norfolk Police Authority. Norfolk Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Local Policing Summary 2011-12" (PDF). Website of Gwynedd Council. North Wales Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Local Policing Plan 2011/12 - 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Northamptonshire Police. Northamptonshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Policing Plan" (PDF). Website of Northumbria Police. Northumbria Police and Northumbria Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Joint Report of the Chief Constable and Chief Finance Officer PART ONE: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE REVENUE AND CAPITAL BUDGET 2011/12". Website of North Yorkshire Police Authority. North Yorkshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "JOINT REPORT OF THE CHIEF CONSTABLE AND OF THE TREASURER: BUDGET AND PRECEPT 2011-12". Website of Nottinghamshire Police Authority. Nottinghamshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Police Budget 2011-12". Website of South Wales Police Authority. South Wales Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Police Authority Finance in 2011/2012". Website of South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat. South Yorkshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Policing Staffordshire Strategy and Plan 2011/14". Website of Staffordshire Police. Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Value for Money Statement" (PDF). Website of Suffolk Constabulary. Suffolk Police Authority and Suffolk Constabulary. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Budget and Precept 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Surrey Police Authority. Surrey Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "REVENUE BUDGET AND CAPITAL PROGRAMME REPORT BY THE CHIEF CONSTABLE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND TREASURER" (PDF). Website of Sussex Police Authority. Sussex Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "COUNCIL TAX 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Thames Valley Police. Thames Valley Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Warwickshire Police Policing Plan 2011 – 2014" (PDF). Website of Warwickshire Police Authority. Warwickshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Maintaining Your Police Service In 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Worcester Council. West Mercia Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "West Midlands Police Authority FINANCES 2011-2012". Website of Dudley Council. West Midlands Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "West Yorkshire Policing Budget For 2011/12 Has Been Set". Website of West Yorkshire Police. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Wiltshire Police Authority - Revenue Budget 2011-12". Website of Wiltshire Police Authority. Wiltshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
Scotland
editNumber of police officers is valid for March 2011 and is from the Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statistics Scotland.
Budgets:
- relate to the financial year 2011-12,
- state "gross revenue expenditure" (which is separate to capital expenditure, and before taking into account direct payments for services)
- have been rounded to one decimal place.
- ^ Hendry, Graeme. 3 August 2011. Response to request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
- ^ FOI
- ^ Cooper, Sharon. 5 August 2011. Response to request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
- ^ "GRAMPIAN JOINT POLICE BOARD Proposed Revenue Budget 2011-12" (PDF). Website of Grampian Police. Grampian Joint Police Board. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ FOI
- ^ "Revenue Budget 2011/2012: Report by the Chief Constable" (PDF). Website of Highland Council. Northern Police Joint Board. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "REVENUE BUDGET STRATEGY 2011/12 (REVISED)" (PDF). Website of Strathclyde Police Authority. Strathclyde Police Authority. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Joint Report by the Chief Constable and Treasurer Report No. PB12/2011" (PDF). Website of Angus Council. Tayside Joint Police Board. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
Northern Ireland
edit- ^ "Strength of Police Service Statistics". Website of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police Service of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Policing Plan 2011-12" (PDF). Website of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Northern Ireland Policing Board. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
Special police forces
edit- ^ "Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2010". Website of the Home Office. Home Office. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Rail Value for Money Study: British Transport Police Review" (PDF). The Railways Archive. AECOM. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.cnc.police.uk/files/cnpa_annual_report_2008-09.pdf
- ^ "2011—2014 Strategic Plan" (PDF). Website of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority. Civil Nuclear Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency: Annual Report and Accounts 2009-2010" (PDF). Website of the Ministry of Defence. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Figure is for the entire Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency. Response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
- ^ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/27103752/5
- ^ Wilkin, Marion. 5 August 2011. Response to request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.