Police

UK Police forces, 2013. Click on any name for the article about the force. The City of London has its own police force but is too small to be shown on the map.

Police Scotland

North
Wales

Dyfed-
Powys

South
Wales

Gwent

PSNI

Isle of
Man

Northumbria

Durham

Lancs

Cheshire

Derby

Notts

Lincs

Leics

Staffs

Warks

Northants

Norfolk

Suffolk

Essex

Herts

Beds

Thames
Valley

Glos

Avon &
Somerset

Wilts

Kent

Surrey

Hants

Dorset

Devon &
Cornwall

West
Mercia

Humberside

Cambs

Met

Cleveland

Cumbria

North Yorkshire

South
Yorks

West
Yorkshire

Greater
Manc

Merseyside

Sussex

West
Mids

Police forces in the UK are mainly based on a particular territory:

• England has 41 police forces, most of which correspond to one or more ceremonial counties (including a few counties that have been abolished): see map opposite.
• Wales has four police forces, each corresponding to one or more preserved counties.
• Scotland has one police force, Police Scotland (officially the Police Service of Scotland).
• Northern Ireland has one police force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

In November 2012 elections were held for a Police and Crime Commissioner for every police force in England and Wales (except London).

There are also some special police forces, such as the British Transport Police.

LGBT History

The Gay Police Association represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The National LGBT Police Network is being set up during 2015.

The European Gay Police Association represents LGBT police officers in Europe.