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Data preview
| name | station type | postcode | town | police force | longitude | latitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'B' Divisional Headquarters (Buxton Enquiry Office) | hq | SK17 6QJ | High Peak | Derbyshire | -1.906903 | 53.257444 |
| (former) County Gaol | station | NG1 1HN | City of Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | -1.144729 | 52.950857 |
| 100th Security Forces Squadron | station | IP28 8BZ | West Suffolk | Suffolk | 0.485472 | 52.367717 |
| 100th Security Forces Squadron - Military Working Dogs | station | IP28 7DF | West Suffolk | Suffolk | 0.499412 | 52.355075 |
| Abbots Bromley Police Station | station | WS15 3AE | East Staffordshire | Staffordshire | -1.887286 | 52.818984 |
Data dictionary
- osm_id
- OpenStreetMap element identifier for the source feature.
- name
- Police station or public contact-point name.
- station_type
- Source classification such as station or contact point.
- postcode
- Nearest or recorded full postcode.
- outcode
- Outward postcode district.
- sector
- Postcode sector derived from the postcode.
- town
- Matched town or locality.
- admin_district
- Matched local administrative district.
- county
- Matched ceremonial county or equivalent area.
- country
- England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
- police_force
- Matched territorial police-force area.
- phone
- Published telephone number where available.
- website
- Published external website where available.
- opening_hours
- Published opening-hours text where available.
- longitude
- Longitude in decimal degrees.
- latitude
- Latitude in decimal degrees.
- county_listing_url
- Permanent Postcodes UK county police-station listing.
Methodology and sources
Police stations and public contact points are sourced from OpenStreetMap, then matched to the nearest postcode, town, county and territorial police-force area. Contact fields reflect published source values and may be blank or change between releases.
- OpenStreetMap contributors
- Office for National Statistics postcode products
- Postcodes UK geographic matching
Source datasets change over time and can contain omissions or revisions. Verify operational, admissions, financial or safety-critical decisions with the responsible authority.
Licence and suggested attribution
You may use this compilation for research, analysis and publishing with attribution to Postcodes UK and compliance with the applicable underlying source licences. The download does not transfer or override third-party rights.
Suggested attribution:
Source: Postcodes UK (postcodesuk.com), “UK Police Stations”, September 2026, https://postcodesuk.com/data-downloads/police-stations. Includes data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence; postcode matching includes public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Office for National Statistics and other public-sector information is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcode geography may contain Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail rights. HM Land Registry aggregates are derived from Price Paid Data. School fields derive from Department for Education and Ofsted sources.
OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and is available under the Open Database Licence.