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.
| Force | data-sort-type="number" | Area served | Number of police officers | data-sort-type="number" | Budget (millions) | data-sort-type="number" | Area size (km2) | Formed | Country/Region | Legal jurisdiction | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset Police | 3,202[1] | £326.6[2] | 4,777 | 1974 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Bedfordshire Police | 1,396 | £122.5 | 1024km2 | 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[3] | 2,960[4] | £319.17[5] | 200[6] | 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 | 1,671 | £156.2 | 3,389 | 1965 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Cheshire Constabulary | 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[7] | 1,310 | £116.7[8] | - | 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 | 1,443 | £143.5 | 597 | 1974 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Cumbria Constabulary | 1,288 | £117.8 | 6,768 | 1974 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Derbyshire Constabulary | 2,038 | £193.9 | 2,625 | 1967 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Devon and Cornwall Police | 3,515 | £338.4 | 10,270 | 1967 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Dorset Police | 1,380 | £144.3 | 2,653 | 1974 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Durham Constabulary | 1,295 | £133.3 | 2,676 | 1839 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Dyfed-Powys Police | 1,275 | £115.5 | 10,976 | 1968 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Essex Police | 3,678 | £320.2 | 3,670 | 1969 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Gloucestershire Constabulary | 1,279 | £126.9 | 3,150 | 1839 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Greater Manchester Police | 8,550 | £643.0 | 1,276 | 1974 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Gwent Police | 1,491 | £142.2 | 1,555 | 1967 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary | 3,302 | £366.4 | 4,149 | 1967 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Hertfordshire Constabulary | 2,261 | £221.3 | 1,643 | 1841 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Humberside Police | 2,192 | £200.7 | 3,517 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Kent Police | 4,064 | £338.4 | 3,736 | 1857 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Lancashire Constabulary | 3,369 | £308.8 | 3,075 | 1839 | North West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Leicestershire Police | 2,335 | £204.0 | 2,538 | 1967 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Lincolnshire Police | 1,182 | £131.6 | 5,921 | 1856 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Merseyside Police | 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[9] | - | 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 | 1,921 | £177.2 | 5,371 | 1839 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| North Wales Police | 1,652 | £167.1 | 6,172 | 1974 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Northamptonshire Police | 1,458 | £146.2 | 2,364 | 1966 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Northumbria Police | 3,658 | £307.1 | 5,553 | 1974 | North East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| North Yorkshire Police | 1,669 | £166.2 | 8,310 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Nottinghamshire Police | 2,401 | £224.8 | 2,160 | 1968 | East Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Police Service of Northern Ireland | 6,772[10] | £1,077.4[11] | 13,843 | 2001 | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Territorial police force | ||||
| Police Scotland | 16,570[12] | £1,064.8[13] | 78,772 | 2013 | Scotland | Territorial police force | |||||
| South Wales Police | 3,397 | £315.8 | 2,074 | 1969 | Wales | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| South Yorkshire Police | 3,022 | £282.1 | 1,552 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Staffordshire Police | 1,913 | £211.1 | 2,713 | 1968 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Suffolk Constabulary | 1,387 | £135.1 | 3,801 | 1967 | East of England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Surrey Police | 2,153 | £249.4 | 1,663 | 1851 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Sussex Police | 3,051 | £309.9 | 3,783 | 1968 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Thames Valley Police | 4,772 | £456.7 | 5,742 | 1968 | South East England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Warwickshire Police | 1,029 | £109.9 | 1,975 | 1840 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| West Mercia Police | 2,358 | £236.5 | 7,408 | 1967 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| West Midlands Police | 7,715 | £620.4 | 902 | 1974 | West Midlands | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| West Yorkshire Police | 5,930 | £485.0 | 2,029 | 1974 | Yorkshire and the Humber | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Wiltshire Police | 1,138 | £127.7 | 3,485 | 1839 | South West England | England and Wales | Territorial police force | ||||
| Total | — | 174,415 | £15,832 | — | — | — | — |