<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Force </Th> <Th> Area responsible for </Th> <Th> Number of police officers </Th> <Th> Budget (millions) </Th> <Th> Area size (km2) </Th> <Th> Formed </Th> <Th> Legal jurisdiction </Th> <Th> Type </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Somerset and unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire </Td> <Td> 2,630 </Td> <Td> £ 285.0 </Td> <Td> 4,777 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Bedfordshire Police </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton </Td> <Td> 1,136 </Td> <Td> £ 91.2 </Td> <Td> 1,024 </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> British Transport Police </Th> <Td> National Rail network, Docklands Light Railway, Glasgow Subway, London Underground, Midland Metro, Tramlink and the Sunderland line of the Tyne and Wear Metro </Td> <Td> 3,028 </Td> <Td> £ 187.7 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 1948 as BTCP </Td> <Td> On railway land, request from another police force and certain other circumstances, in England, Wales and Scotland only </Td> <Td> Special police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough </Td> <Td> 1,332 </Td> <Td> £ 116.0 </Td> <Td> 3,389 </Td> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cheshire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington </Td> <Td> 2,010 </Td> <Td> £ 157.4 </Td> <Td> 2,155 </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> City of London Police </Th> <Td> City of London </Td> <Td> 676 </Td> <Td> £ 62.9 </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </Th> <Td> Civilian nuclear facilities </Td> <Td> 1,310 </Td> <Td> £ 51.0 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Civilian nuclear facilities (and up to 5 km of those), when guarding nuclear material, and when on business relevant to nuclear material </Td> <Td> Special police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cleveland Police </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton - on - Tees </Td> <Td> 1,274 </Td> <Td> £ 119.7 </Td> <Td> 597 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cumbria Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Cumbria </Td> <Td> 1,108 </Td> <Td> £ 94.0 </Td> <Td> 6,768 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Derbyshire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire and unitary authority of Derby </Td> <Td> 1,740 </Td> <Td> £ 151.6 </Td> <Td> 2,625 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Devon and Cornwall Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Devon and unitary authorities of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Plymouth and Torbay </Td> <Td> 2,921 </Td> <Td> £ 256.8 </Td> <Td> 10,270 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dorset Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Dorset and unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole </Td> <Td> 1,276 </Td> <Td> £ 107.8 </Td> <Td> 2,653 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Durham Constabulary </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington </Td> <Td> 1,138 </Td> <Td> £ 112.3 </Td> <Td> 2,676 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dyfed - Powys Police </Th> <Td> Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys </Td> <Td> 1,159 </Td> <Td> £ 83.6 </Td> <Td> 10,976 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Essex Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend - on - Sea and Thurrock </Td> <Td> 2,857 </Td> <Td> £ 242.2 </Td> <Td> 3,670 </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gloucestershire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire </Td> <Td> 1,055 </Td> <Td> £ 95.7 </Td> <Td> 3,150 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Greater Manchester Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of Greater Manchester </Td> <Td> 6,237 </Td> <Td> £ 524.1 </Td> <Td> 1,276 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gwent Police </Th> <Td> Principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen </Td> <Td> 1,154 </Td> <Td> £ 110.7 </Td> <Td> 1,555 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hampshire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Hampshire, unitary authorities of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton </Td> <Td> 2,861 </Td> <Td> £ 281.9 </Td> <Td> 4,149 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hertfordshire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire </Td> <Td> 1,940 </Td> <Td> £ 171.4 </Td> <Td> 1,643 </Td> <Td> 1841 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Humberside Police </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire </Td> <Td> 1,665 </Td> <Td> £ 164.9 </Td> <Td> 3,517 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kent Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Kent and unitary authority of Medway </Td> <Td> 3,255 </Td> <Td> £ 257.9 </Td> <Td> 3,736 </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lancashire Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Lancashire and unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool </Td> <Td> 2,850 </Td> <Td> £ 252.6 </Td> <Td> 3,075 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Leicestershire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire and unitary authorities of the Leicester and Rutland </Td> <Td> 1,772 </Td> <Td> £ 154.7 </Td> <Td> 2,538 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lincolnshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire </Td> <Td> 1,099 </Td> <Td> £ 90.4 </Td> <Td> 5,921 </Td> <Td> 1856 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Merseyside Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of Merseyside </Td> <Td> 3,484 </Td> <Td> £ 307.3 </Td> <Td> 645 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Metropolitan Police Service </Th> <Td> Metropolitan Police District (London region excluding the City of London) </Td> <Td> 30,871 </Td> <Td> £ 2,532.7 (£ 2.5 billion) </Td> <Td> 1,578 </Td> <Td> 1829 </Td> <Td> England and Wales (includes Scotland and Northern Ireland for officers on close protection duties) </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ministry of Defence Police </Th> <Td> Military establishments </Td> <Td> 2,594 </Td> <Td> £ 363.4 </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Military buildings, property & employees, on request by another police force and certain other circumstances </Td> <Td> Special police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Norfolk Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Norfolk </Td> <Td> 1,519 </Td> <Td> £ 131.3 </Td> <Td> 5,371 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> North Wales Police </Th> <Td> Principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham </Td> <Td> 1,487 </Td> <Td> £ 124.8 </Td> <Td> 6,172 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Northamptonshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Northamptonshire </Td> <Td> 1,178 </Td> <Td> £ 110.3 </Td> <Td> 2,364 </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Northumbria Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and unitary authority of Northumberland </Td> <Td> 3,245 </Td> <Td> £ 270.1 </Td> <Td> 5,553 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> North Yorkshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and unitary authority of York </Td> <Td> 1,320 </Td> <Td> £ 127.6 </Td> <Td> 8,310 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nottinghamshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire and unitary authority of Nottingham </Td> <Td> 1,842 </Td> <Td> £ 177.6 </Td> <Td> 2,160 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Police Service of Northern Ireland </Th> <Td> Northern Ireland </Td> <Td> 6,621 </Td> <Td> £ 962.7 </Td> <Td> 13,843 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Northern Ireland </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Police Service of Scotland </Th> <Td> Scotland </Td> <Td> 17,170 </Td> <Td> £ 1,200 (£ 1.2 billion) </Td> <Td> 78,772 </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Scotland </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> South Wales Police </Th> <Td> Principal areas of Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and the Vale of Glamorgan </Td> <Td> 2,890 </Td> <Td> £ 232.1 </Td> <Td> 2,074 </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> South Yorkshire Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire </Td> <Td> 2,472 </Td> <Td> £ 239.6 </Td> <Td> 1,552 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Staffordshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Staffordshire and unitary authority of Stoke - on - Trent </Td> <Td> 1,595 </Td> <Td> £ 170.9 </Td> <Td> 2,713 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Suffolk Constabulary </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Suffolk </Td> <Td> 1,096 </Td> <Td> £ 101.9 </Td> <Td> 3,801 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Surrey Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Surrey </Td> <Td> 2,009 </Td> <Td> £ 180.6 </Td> <Td> 1,663 </Td> <Td> 1851 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sussex Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove </Td> <Td> 2,550 </Td> <Td> £ 237.1 </Td> <Td> 3,783 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Thames Valley Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Milton Keynes, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, West Berkshire and Windsor and Maidenhead </Td> <Td> 4,077 </Td> <Td> £ 344.4 </Td> <Td> 5,742 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Warwickshire Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire </Td> <Td> 823 </Td> <Td> £ 80.1 </Td> <Td> 1,975 </Td> <Td> 1840 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> West Mercia Police </Th> <Td> Non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire and unitary authorities of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin </Td> <Td> 2,017 </Td> <Td> £ 184.3 </Td> <Td> 7,408 </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> West Midlands Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of the West Midlands </Td> <Td> 6,535 </Td> <Td> £ 521.8 </Td> <Td> 902 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> West Yorkshire Police </Th> <Td> Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire </Td> <Td> 4,826 </Td> <Td> £ 396.0 </Td> <Td> 2,029 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Wiltshire Police </Th> <Td> Unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire </Td> <Td> 966 </Td> <Td> £ 108.0 </Td> <Td> 3,485 </Td> <Td> 1839 </Td> <Td> England and Wales </Td> <Td> Territorial police force </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Force </Th> <Th> Area responsible for </Th> <Th> Number of police officers </Th> <Th> Budget (millions) </Th> <Th> Area size (km2) </Th> <Th> Formed </Th> <Th> Legal jurisdiction </Th> <Th> Type </Th> </Tr>

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