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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.

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Force Area responsible for Number of police officers Budget (millions) Area size (km²) Country Legal jurisdiction Type
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

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England and Wales

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Number 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.
  1. ^ "Spending leaflet" (PDF). Website of Avon & Somerset Police Authority. Avon & Somerset Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ "REVENUE BUDGET 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Bedfordshire Police Authority. Bedfordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Police authority agrees council tax freeze". Website of Cambridgeshire Police Authority. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "City of London Policing Plan 2011 – 2014" (PDF). Website of the City of London Police. City of London Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "POLICING PLAN FOR A SAFER STRONGER CUMBRIA 2011 - 14" (PDF). Website of Cumbria Police Authority. Cumbria Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  8. ^ "REVENUE BUDGET FORECAST 2011/12 TO 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Derbyshire Police Authority. Derbyshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Three Year Strategy 2011/14 & Annual Policing Plan 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Dorset Police. Dorset Police & Dorset Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Revenue & Capital Budgets 2011/2012" (PDF). Website of Durham Police Authority. Durham Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Home » About Us » Financial Information » Budget". Website of Dyfed-Powys Police. Dyfed-Powys Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Council tax details for 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Essex Police. Essex Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  14. ^ "People First Policing The Policing Plan For Gloucestershire 2011 – 2012" (PDF). Website for the Gloucestershire Policing Plan. Gloucestershire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Gwent Policing Plan 2011 - 2015". Website of Gwent Police. Gwent Police. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  17. ^ "2011/12 Hampshire Police Authority Council Tax Precept (0%) Frequently Asked Questions". Hantsweb. Hampshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  18. ^ "The cost of policing Hertfordshire 2011-2012" (PDF). Website of North Hertfordshire Council. Hertfordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  19. ^ "Council Tax Information 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Humberside Police Authority. Humberside Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  20. ^ "Revenue Budget 2011/12 & Medium Term Plan to 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Kent Police Authority. Kent Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "Axe hanging over more police officers in Leicestershire". Hinckley Times. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  23. ^ "HE POLICING for Lincolnshire PLAN 2011/14" (PDF). Website of Lincolnshire Police. Lincolnshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  24. ^ "RESOLUTION OF THE MERSEYSIDE POLICE AUTHORITY - THE BUDGET 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Merseyside Police Authority. Merseyside Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  25. ^ "The Greater London Authority Consolidated Budget and Component Budgets for 2011-12" (PDF). london.gov.uk. Mayor of London. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  26. ^ "Norfolk Police Authority agrees Budget for 2011/12". Website of Norfolk Police Authority. Norfolk Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  27. ^ "Local Policing Summary 2011-12" (PDF). Website of Gwynedd Council. North Wales Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  28. ^ "Local Policing Plan 2011/12 - 2014/15" (PDF). Website of Northamptonshire Police. Northamptonshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  29. ^ "Policing Plan" (PDF). Website of Northumbria Police. Northumbria Police and Northumbria Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  30. ^ "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.
  31. ^ "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.
  32. ^ "Police Budget 2011-12". Website of South Wales Police Authority. South Wales Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  33. ^ "Police Authority Finance in 2011/2012". Website of South Yorkshire Joint Secretariat. South Yorkshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  34. ^ "Policing Staffordshire Strategy and Plan 2011/14". Website of Staffordshire Police. Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  35. ^ "Value for Money Statement" (PDF). Website of Suffolk Constabulary. Suffolk Police Authority and Suffolk Constabulary. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  36. ^ "Budget and Precept 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Surrey Police Authority. Surrey Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  37. ^ "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.
  38. ^ "COUNCIL TAX 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Thames Valley Police. Thames Valley Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  39. ^ "Warwickshire Police Policing Plan 2011 – 2014" (PDF). Website of Warwickshire Police Authority. Warwickshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  40. ^ "Maintaining Your Police Service In 2011/12" (PDF). Website of Worcester Council. West Mercia Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  41. ^ "West Midlands Police Authority FINANCES 2011-2012". Website of Dudley Council. West Midlands Police Authority. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  42. ^ "West Yorkshire Policing Budget For 2011/12 Has Been Set". Website of West Yorkshire Police. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  43. ^ "Wiltshire Police Authority - Revenue Budget 2011-12". Website of Wiltshire Police Authority. Wiltshire Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

Scotland

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Number 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.
  1. ^ Hendry, Graeme. 3 August 2011. Response to request for information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
  2. ^ FOI
  3. ^ Cooper, Sharon. 5 August 2011. Response to request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
  4. ^ "GRAMPIAN JOINT POLICE BOARD Proposed Revenue Budget 2011-12" (PDF). Website of Grampian Police. Grampian Joint Police Board. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. ^ FOI
  6. ^ "Revenue Budget 2011/2012: Report by the Chief Constable" (PDF). Website of Highland Council. Northern Police Joint Board. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  7. ^ "REVENUE BUDGET STRATEGY 2011/12 (REVISED)" (PDF). Website of Strathclyde Police Authority. Strathclyde Police Authority. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  8. ^ "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

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  1. ^ "Strength of Police Service Statistics". Website of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police Service of Northern Ireland. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Policing Plan 2011-12" (PDF). Website of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Northern Ireland Policing Board. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

Special police forces

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  1. ^ "Police Service Strength England and Wales, 30 September 2010". Website of the Home Office. Home Office. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Rail Value for Money Study: British Transport Police Review" (PDF). The Railways Archive. AECOM. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.cnc.police.uk/files/cnpa_annual_report_2008-09.pdf
  4. ^ "2011—2014 Strategic Plan" (PDF). Website of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority. Civil Nuclear Police Authority. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Figure is for the entire Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency. Response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
  7. ^ http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/02/27103752/5
  8. ^ Wilkin, Marion. 5 August 2011. Response to request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.