<page_title> List of police forces of the United Kingdom </page_title> <section_title> Table </section_title> <table> <cell> 6,237 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> Greater Manchester Police </row_header> </cell> <cell> England and Wales <col_header> Legal jurisdiction </col_header> <row_header> Greater Manchester Police </row_header> </cell> <cell> Metropolitan Police Service <col_header> Force </col_header> <col_header> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Bedfordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> British Transport Police </col_header> <col_header> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cheshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> City of London Police </col_header> <col_header> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland Police </col_header> <col_header> Cumbria Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Derbyshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Devon and Cornwall Police </col_header> <col_header> Dorset Police </col_header> <col_header> Durham Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Dyfed-Powys Police </col_header> <col_header> Essex Police </col_header> <col_header> Gloucestershire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Greater Manchester Police </col_header> <col_header> Gwent Police </col_header> <col_header> Hampshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Hertfordshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Humberside Police </col_header> <col_header> Kent Police </col_header> <col_header> Lancashire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Leicestershire Police </col_header> <col_header> Lincolnshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Merseyside Police </col_header> </cell> <cell> 30,871 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> Metropolitan Police Service </row_header> </cell> <cell> England and Wales (includes Scotland and Northern Ireland for officers on close protection duties) <col_header> Legal jurisdiction </col_header> <row_header> Metropolitan Police Service </row_header> </cell> <cell> Police Service of Northern Ireland <col_header> Force </col_header> <col_header> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Bedfordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> British Transport Police </col_header> <col_header> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cheshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> City of London Police </col_header> <col_header> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland Police </col_header> <col_header> Cumbria Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Derbyshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Devon and Cornwall Police </col_header> <col_header> Dorset Police </col_header> <col_header> Durham Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Dyfed-Powys Police </col_header> <col_header> Essex Police </col_header> <col_header> Gloucestershire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Greater Manchester Police </col_header> <col_header> Gwent Police </col_header> <col_header> Hampshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Hertfordshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Humberside Police </col_header> <col_header> Kent Police </col_header> <col_header> Lancashire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Leicestershire Police </col_header> <col_header> Lincolnshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Merseyside Police </col_header> <col_header> Metropolitan Police Service </col_header> <col_header> Ministry of Defence Police </col_header> <col_header> Norfolk Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> North Wales Police </col_header> <col_header> Northamptonshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Northumbria Police </col_header> <col_header> North Yorkshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Nottinghamshire Police </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6,621 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> Police Service of Northern Ireland </row_header> </cell> <cell> Police Scotland <col_header> Force </col_header> <col_header> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Bedfordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> British Transport Police </col_header> <col_header> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cheshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> City of London Police </col_header> <col_header> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland Police </col_header> <col_header> Cumbria Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Derbyshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Devon and Cornwall Police </col_header> <col_header> Dorset Police </col_header> <col_header> Durham Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Dyfed-Powys Police </col_header> <col_header> Essex Police </col_header> <col_header> Gloucestershire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Greater Manchester Police </col_header> <col_header> Gwent Police </col_header> <col_header> Hampshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Hertfordshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Humberside Police </col_header> <col_header> Kent Police </col_header> <col_header> Lancashire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Leicestershire Police </col_header> <col_header> Lincolnshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Merseyside Police </col_header> <col_header> Metropolitan Police Service </col_header> <col_header> Ministry of Defence Police </col_header> <col_header> Norfolk Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> North Wales Police </col_header> <col_header> Northamptonshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Northumbria Police </col_header> <col_header> North Yorkshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Nottinghamshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Police Service of Northern Ireland </col_header> </cell> <cell> 17,170 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> Police Scotland </row_header> </cell> <cell> West Midlands Police <col_header> Force </col_header> <col_header> Avon and Somerset Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Bedfordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> British Transport Police </col_header> <col_header> Cambridgeshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cheshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> City of London Police </col_header> <col_header> Civil Nuclear Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland Police </col_header> <col_header> Cumbria Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Derbyshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Devon and Cornwall Police </col_header> <col_header> Dorset Police </col_header> <col_header> Durham Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Dyfed-Powys Police </col_header> <col_header> Essex Police </col_header> <col_header> Gloucestershire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Greater Manchester Police </col_header> <col_header> Gwent Police </col_header> <col_header> Hampshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Hertfordshire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Humberside Police </col_header> <col_header> Kent Police </col_header> <col_header> Lancashire Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Leicestershire Police </col_header> <col_header> Lincolnshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Merseyside Police </col_header> <col_header> Metropolitan Police Service </col_header> <col_header> Ministry of Defence Police </col_header> <col_header> Norfolk Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> North Wales Police </col_header> <col_header> Northamptonshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Northumbria Police </col_header> <col_header> North Yorkshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Nottinghamshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Police Service of Northern Ireland </col_header> <col_header> Police Scotland </col_header> <col_header> South Wales Police </col_header> <col_header> South Yorkshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Staffordshire Police </col_header> <col_header> Suffolk Constabulary </col_header> <col_header> Surrey Police </col_header> <col_header> Sussex Police </col_header> <col_header> Thames Valley Police </col_header> <col_header> Warwickshire Police </col_header> <col_header> West Mercia Police </col_header> </cell> <cell> 6,535 <col_header> Number of police officers </col_header> <row_header> West Midlands Police </row_header> </cell> <cell> England and Wales <col_header> Legal jurisdiction </col_header> <row_header> West Midlands Police </row_header> </cell> </table>
GMP is the fifth largest police service in the United Kingdom after the Metropolitan Police Service, Police Scotland, Police Service of Northern Ireland and West Midlands Police; and is the third largest force in England & Wales.