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{{Law enforcement in 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. <!--It is suggested to expand this article to include non-police law enforcement agencies, see talk-->
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.
thumb|center|250px|Map of the 45 territorial police areas in the UK
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==Table==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" |+ |- ! Force ! data-sort-type="number" | Area served ! Number of police officers ! data-sort-type="number" | Budget (millions) ! data-sort-type="number" | Area size (km<sup>2</sup>) ! Formed !Country/Region ! Legal jurisdiction !Type |- | Avon and Somerset Police | Unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire || 3,202<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Police officer uplift, quarterly update to September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2022 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>|| <!--0326.6-->£326.6<ref name="2020Budgets">Figure includes cost of the Police and Crime Commissioner for each force, or equivalent. {{cite web |title=Police Funding for England & Wales 2015-2021 (Statistical Bulletin 16/20) |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/900017/police-funding-england-and-wales-2015-to-2021-hosb1620.pdf |publisher=Home Office |access-date=19 April 2021 |page=14 |date=July 2020}}</ref> || <!--04777--> 4,777 || <!--1974--> 1974 |South West England|| England and Wales ||Territorial police force |- | Bedfordshire Police | Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, and Luton || 1,396<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0122.5-->£122.5<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01246--> {{convert|1,024|km2|abbr=on|disp=br()}} || <!--1966--> 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/ |website=British Transport Police}}</ref>|| 2,960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2022/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2022 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>|| <!--0319.17-->£319.17<ref>{{cite web |title=Policing Great Britain's Rail Network: Forcewide and Divisional Plans 2020/21 |url=https://btpa.police.uk/livesite/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/202021-Policing-Plan-FINAL.pdf |publisher=British Transport Police Authority |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> || 200<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/latest-technology-to-improve-thousands-of-miles-of-biodiversity/ | title=Latest technology to improve thousands of miles of biodiversity | date=21 January 2021 }}</ref> || <!--1948--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0156.2-->£156.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03389--> 3,389 || <!--1965--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0208.0-->£208.0<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02155--> 2,155 || <!--1857--> 1857 |North West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | City of London Police | City of London|| 970<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0067.0-->£67.0<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || 2.6 || <!--1839--> 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNC Jobs {{!}} Locations |url=https://cnc.jobs/locations |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=cnc.jobs}}</ref>|| 1,310{{efn|Number of police officers as of November 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/cnc_workforce_2016|title=CNC Workforce 2016 - a Freedom of Information request to Civil Nuclear Constabulary|date=November 9, 2016|website=WhatDoTheyKnow|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref>}} || <!--0116.7--> £116.7<ref>FY 2019-20. {{cite web |title=Civil Nuclear Police Authority Annual Report & Accounts 2019/20 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901109/CNPA_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2019-20.pdf |publisher=Civil Nuclear Police Authority |access-date=19 April 2021 |page=25}}</ref> || - || <!--2005--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0143.5-->£143.5<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--00597--> 597 || <!--1974--> 1974 |North East England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Cumbria Constabulary | Unitary authorities of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness || 1,288<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0117.8-->£117.8 || <!--06768--> 6,768 || <!--1974--> 1974 |North West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Derbyshire Constabulary | County of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby || 2,038<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0193.9-->£193.9<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02625--> 2,625 || <!--1967--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0338.4-->£338.4<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--10270--> 10,270 || <!--1967--> 1967 |South West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Dorset Police | Unitary authorities of Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole || 1,380<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0144.3-->£144.3<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02653--> 2,653 ||<!--1974--> 1974 |South West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Durham Constabulary | Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington || 1,295<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0133.3-->£133.3<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02676--> 2,676 || <!--1839--> 1839 |North East England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Dyfed-Powys Police | Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys || 1,275<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0115.5-->£115.5<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--10976--> 10,976 || <!--1968--> 1968 |Wales|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Essex Police | County of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock || 3,678<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0320.2-->£320.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03670--> 3,670 || <!--1969--> 1969 |East of England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Gloucestershire Constabulary | County of Gloucestershire || 1,279<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0126.9-->£126.9<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03150--> 3,150 || <!--1839--> 1839 |South West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Greater Manchester Police | Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester || 8,550<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0643.0-->£643.0<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01276--> 1,276 || <!--1974--> 1974 |North West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Gwent Police | Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, and Torfaen || 1,491<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0142.2-->£142.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01555--> 1,555 || <!--1967--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0366.4-->£366.4<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--04149--> 4,149 || <!--1967--> 1967 |South East England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Hertfordshire Constabulary | County of Hertfordshire || 2,261<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0221.3-->£221.3<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01643--> 1,643 || <!--1841--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0200.7-->£200.7<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03517--> 3,517 || <!--1974--> 1974 |Yorkshire and the Humber|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Kent Police | County of Kent and unitary authority of Medway || 4,064<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0338.4-->£338.4<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03736--> 3,736 || <!--1857--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0308.8-->£308.8<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03075--> 3,075 || <!--1839--> 1839 |North West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Leicestershire Police | County of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of Leicester and Rutland || 2,335<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0204.0-->£204.0<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02538--> 2,538 || <!--1967--> 1967 |East Midlands|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Lincolnshire Police | County of Lincolnshire || 1,182<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0131.6-->£131.6<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--05921--> 5,921 || <!--1856--> 1856 |East Midlands|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Merseyside Police | Metropolitan county of Merseyside || 4,093<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0359.7-->£359.7<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--00645--> 645 || <!--1974--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--2939.9-->£2,939.9<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01578--> 1,578 || <!--1829--> 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{{efn|Number of police officers is measured as full-time equivalent (FTE) for 31 March 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626106/2017-05207.pdf |title=Freedom of Information Act 2000: Police Numbers |publisher=Ministry of Defence Police}}</ref>}} || <!--0156.6--> £156.6<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministry of Defence Police Annual Business Plan 2020/21 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/943016/Annual_Business_Plan_202021_-_FINAL_WEB_COPY.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence Police |access-date=19 April 2021 |page=20}}</ref> || - || <!--1971--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0177.2-->£177.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--05371--> 5,371 || <!--1839--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0167.18-->£167.1<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--06172--> 6,172 || <!--1974--> 1974 |Wales|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Northamptonshire Police | Unitary authorities of North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire || 1,458<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0146.2-->£146.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02364--> 2,364 || <!--1966--> 1966 |East Midlands|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Northumbria Police | Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland || 3,658<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0307.1-->£307.1<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--05553--> 5,553 || <!--1974--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0166.2-->£166.2<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--08310--> 8,310 || <!--1974--> 1974 |Yorkshire and the Humber|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Nottinghamshire Police | County of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham || 2,401<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0224.8-->£224.8<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02160--> 2,160 || <!--1968--> 1968 |East Midlands|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Police Service of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland || 6,772<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strength of Police Service Statistics |url=https://www.psni.police.uk/about-us/our-publications-and-reports/official-statistics/strength-police-service-statistics |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=PSNI |language=en}}</ref>|| <!--01077.5-->£1,077.4<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Policing Plan for Northern Ireland 2019-20 |url=https://www.nipolicingboard.org.uk/sites/nipb/files/publications/annual-policing-plan%202019-20.pdf |publisher=Northern Ireland Policing Board |access-date=19 April 2021 |page=31}}</ref> || <!--13843--> 13,843 || <!--2001--> 2001 |Northern Ireland|| Northern Ireland|| Territorial police force |- | Police Service of Scotland | Scotland || 16,570<ref>{{Cite web |title=Police officer quarterly strength statistics: 30 September 2022 |url=http://www.gov.scot/publications/police-officer-quarterly-strength-statistics-30-september-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=www.gov.scot |language=en}}</ref>|| <!--1064.8-->£1,064.8<ref>{{cite web |title=Scottish Police Authority Three Year Financial Plan 2018/19 to 2020/21 |url=http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/138327/187365/scottish-police-authority-three-year-financial-plan |website=Police Scotland |publisher=Scottish Police Authority |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> || <!--78,772--> 78,772 || <!--2013--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0315.8-->£315.8<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02074--> 2,074 || <!--1969--> 1969 |Wales|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | South Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire || 3,022<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0282.1-->£282.1<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01552--> 1,552 || <!--1974--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0211.1-->£211.1<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02713--> 2,713 || <!--1968--> 1968 |West Midlands | England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Suffolk Constabulary | County of Suffolk || 1,387<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0135.1-->£135.1<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03801--> 3,801 || <!--1967--> 1967 |East of England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Surrey Police | County of Surrey || 2,153<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0180.6-->£249.4<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01663--> 1,663 || <!--1851--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0309.9-->£309.9<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03783--> 3,783 || <!--1968--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0456.7-->£456.7<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--05742--> 5,742 || <!--1968--> 1968 |South East England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Warwickshire Police | County of Warwickshire || 1,029<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0109.9-->£109.9<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--01975--> 1,975 || <!--1840--> 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<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0236.5-->£236.5<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--07408--> 7,408 || <!--1967--> 1967 |West Midlands | England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | West Midlands Police | Metropolitan county of the West Midlands || 7,715<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0620.4-->£620.4<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--00902--> 902 || <!--1974--> 1974 |West Midlands | England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | West Yorkshire Police | Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire || 5,930<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0485.0-->£485.0<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--02029--> 2,029 || <!--1974--> 1974 |Yorkshire and the Humber|| England and Wales || Territorial police force |- | Wiltshire Police | Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire || 1,138<ref name=":0" />|| <!--0127.7-->£127.7<ref name="2020Budgets"/> || <!--03485--> 3,485 || <!--1839--> 1839 |South West England|| England and Wales || Territorial police force
|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#d4d4cc;" |'''Total''' |{{Ntsh|87}}— |style="text-align: left;"|'''174,415''' |£15,832 |{{Ntsh|87}}— |{{Ntsh|87}}— | |{{Ntsh|87}}— |{{Ntsh|87}}— |}
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==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== {{reflist}}
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