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.
Map of the 45 territorial police areas in the UK
Law enforcement in the United KingdomCourtsPrisonsAgenciesdefunctFirearms useHistoryAviationFirearmsUniform and equipmentVehiclesAccredited personCertified enforcement agentCivil enforcement officerCivilian enforcement officermagistrates' bailiffsSpecial ConstabularyChief constableCourt security officerCounty court bailiffCustody officerHigh Court enforcement officerTraffic officerNational Crime Agency (officer)National Highways traffic officerPolice community support officerPolice custody and security officerPrison officerTraffic wardenWater bailiffChief police officerPolice and crime commissionerEmergency control centreHome OfficeNeighbourhood policing teamsPolice areaPolice authorityInitial Police Learning and Development ProgrammePolice cadetsPolice Federation of England and WalesPolice Federation for Northern IrelandScottish Police FederationPolice Information PointPolice OathEngland and WalesScotlandPolice Support VolunteerScotland YardPolice 101 numberPolicing by consentWarrant cardHighway Act 1835Police Act 1964Police (Scotland) Act 1967Immigration Act 1971Misuse of Drugs Act 1971Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984Road Traffic Act 1988Environmental Protection Act 1990Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994Police Act 1996Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997Terrorism Act 2000Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001Police Reform Act 2002Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003Crime and Courts Act 2013Licensing Act 2003Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014Policing and Crime Act 2017Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989TerrorismList of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas TerritoriesCountryRegionAvon and Somerset PoliceBath and North East SomersetBristolNorth SomersetSomersetSouth GloucestershireSouth West EnglandBedfordshire PoliceBedfordCentral BedfordshireEast of EnglandBritish Transport PoliceNational Rail NetworkLondon UndergroundDocklands Light RailwayWest Midlands MetroLondon TramsTyne and Wear MetroGlasgow SubwayLondon Cable carEngland, Wales, and ScotlandCambridgeshire ConstabularyCambridgeshireunitary authority of PeterboroughCheshire ConstabularyCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterHaltonWarringtonNorth West EnglandCity of London PoliceCity of LondonGreater LondonCivil Nuclear ConstabularyDounreayTornessHunterstonHartlepoolSellafieldHeyshamSizewellCulhamHarwellHinkley PointDungenessEngland, Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandCleveland PoliceMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesNorth East EnglandCumbria ConstabularyCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessDerbyshire ConstabularyDerbyshireEast MidlandsDevon and Cornwall PoliceCornwallIsles of ScillyPlymouthTorbayDorset PoliceDorsetBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDurham ConstabularyCounty DurhamDarlingtonDyfed-Powys PoliceCarmarthenshireCeredigionPembrokeshireEssex PoliceSouthend-on-SeaThurrockGloucestershire ConstabularyGloucestershireGreater Manchester PoliceGreater ManchesterGwent PoliceBlaenau GwentCaerphillyMonmouthshireNewportTorfaenHampshire and Isle of Wight ConstabularyHampshireIsle of WightPortsmouthSouthamptonSouth East EnglandHertfordshire ConstabularyHertfordshireHumberside PoliceEast Riding of YorkshireKingston upon HullNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the HumberKent PoliceMedwayLancashire ConstabularyLancashireBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolLeicestershire PoliceLeicestershireLeicesterRutlandLincolnshire PoliceLincolnshireMerseyside PoliceMerseysideMetropolitan Police ServiceMetropolitan Police DistrictLondon regionMinistry of Defence PoliceCritical Defence SitesDesignated Critical National InfrastructureTridentAtomic Weapons Establishmentcertain other circumstancesNorfolk ConstabularyNorfolkNorth Wales PoliceAngleseyDenbighshireFlintshireGwyneddWrexhamNorthamptonshire PoliceNorth NorthamptonshireWest NorthamptonshireNorthumbria PoliceTyne and WearNorthumberlandNorth Yorkshire PoliceNorth YorkshireCity of YorkNottinghamshire PoliceNottinghamshireNottinghamPolice Service of Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandPolice ScotlandSouth Wales PoliceBridgendCardiffMerthyr TydfilNeath Port TalbotRhondda Cynon TafSwanseaVale of GlamorganSouth Yorkshire PoliceSouth YorkshireStaffordshire PoliceStaffordshireStoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsSuffolk ConstabularySuffolkSurrey PoliceSurreySussex PoliceEast SussexWest SussexBrighton and HoveThames Valley PoliceBuckinghamshireOxfordshireBracknell ForestMilton KeynesReadingSloughWokinghamWest BerkshireWindsor and MaidenheadWarwickshire PoliceWarwickshireWest Mercia PoliceWorcestershireHerefordshireShropshireTelford and WrekinWest Midlands PoliceWest Yorkshire PoliceWest YorkshireWiltshire PoliceSwindonWiltshireList of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United KingdomBritish Transport Police AuthorityCivil Nuclear Police AuthorityNorthern Ireland Policing BoardLaw enforcement agencies of the United KingdomAvon and SomersetBedfordshireCheshireClevelandCumbriaDevon & CornwallDurhamHampshire and Isle of WightHumbersideMetropolitanNorthamptonshireNorthumbriaSussexThames ValleyWest MerciaDyfed-PowysNorth WalesSouth WalesAirportsBelfast InternationalBirminghamLiverpoolManchesterCity of London (Billingsgate, Smithfields and Spitalfields)Cambridge UniversityLiverpool CathedralMersey TunnelsOxford UniversityYork MinsterNorthern Ireland Security Guard ServiceCanterbury Cathedral Close ConstablesChester Cathedral ConstablesBarking and DagenhamEpping ForestGreenwichHammersmith and FulhamHampstead HeathHaringeyHaveringHillingdonNewhamRedbridgeRoyal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaRoyal ParksSuttonWandsworthBrighton Belfast HarbourBute DocksFalmouth DocksLarne HarbourPort of BristolPort of DoverPort of FelixstowePort of LiverpoolPort of PortlandPort of TilburySouthampton HarbourTees and Hartlepool HarbourLee ConservancyManchester Ship CanalRiver TyneTyne Improvement CommissionRoyal Air Force PoliceRoyal Marines PoliceRoyal Military PoliceRoyal Navy PoliceGuernsey PoliceIsle of Man ConstabularyHonorary PoliceStates of Jersey PoliceAnguillaAirport PolicePoliceBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsFalkland IslandsRGP (civilian police)GDP (defence police)Borders & CoastguardMontserratPitcairn IslandsSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaCustoms and ImmigrationTurks and CaicosEnvironment AgencyMarine Management OrganisationMarine DirectorateScottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Prison ServiceMarine and Fisheries DivisionHealth and Safety Executive for Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Prison ServiceOrganised Crime Task ForceBorder ForceGangmasters and Labour Abuse AuthorityHealth and Safety ExecutiveHis Majesty's Prison ServiceHM Revenue and CustomsImmigration 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