How to hit the UK Police Data API

data.police.uk at https://data.police.uk/api publishes street-level crime and policing data for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Authentication

None — no key, no signup. Every example runs as-is.

Full reference: https://data.police.uk/docs/

List police forces

curl https://data.police.uk/api/forces
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Example response (trimmed) 
[
  {
    "id": "avon-and-somerset",
    "name": "Avon and Somerset Constabulary"
  },
  {
    "id": "bedfordshire",
    "name": "Bedfordshire Police"
  }
]

Street crimes near a point

For a month; omit date for the latest.

curl "https://data.police.uk/api/crimes-street/all-crime?lat=51.5074&lng=-0.1278&date=2025-01"
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Example response (trimmed) 
[
  {
    "category": "anti-social-behaviour",
    "location_type": "Force",
    "location": {
      "latitude": "51.498553",
      "street": {
        "id": 1677378,
        "name": "On or near Caxton Street"
      },
      "longitude": "-0.135291"
    },
    "context": "",
    "outcome_status": null,
    "persistent_id": "",
    "id": 125860002,
    "location_subtype": "",
    "month": "2025-01"
  },
  {
    "category": "anti-social-behaviour",
    "location_type": "Force",
    "location": {
      "latitude": "51.519162",
      "street": {
        "id": 1677191,
        "name": "On or near Goodge Street"
      },
      "longitude": "-0.136308"
    },
    "context": "",
    "outcome_status": null,
    "persistent_id": "",
    "id": 125860040,
    "location_subtype": "",
    "month": "2025-01"
  }
]