List of forces

A list of all the police forces available via the API except the British Transport Police, which is excluded from the list returned. Unique force identifiers obtained here are used in requests for force-specific data via other methods.

Example request

https://data.police.uk/api/forces

Example response

[
  {
    "id": "avon-and-somerset",
    "name": "Avon and Somerset Constabulary"
  },
  {
    "id": "bedfordshire",
    "name": "Bedfordshire Police"
  },
  {
    "id": "cambridgeshire",
    "name": "Cambridgeshire Constabulary"
  },
  ...
]

Response description

Tag	Description
id	Unique force identifier
name	Force name