API Endpoints

Crime & Policing

Specific Police Force

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Endpoint Overview

The Specific Police Force endpoint gives a short description of the police force as given by the authority, and extracted from the data.police.uk API.


Coverage

EnglandEngland
WalesWales

Update Frequency

Weekly

Request Format

HTTP Method:

GET

To use the API you should send an HTTP request to the following endpoint URL. This will return a JSON response.

https://api.postcodearea.co.uk/specific-police-force/?key=&postcode={postcode}

Note that your key has automatically been added to the API endpoint for convenience.

Querystring Parameters:

{postcode}

A valid UK postcode (e.g., SW1A 1AA). Note that you can send the postcode with or without the space separating the outward and inward codes. For example, both "SW1A 1AA" and "SW1A1AA" are both valid.

{api_key}

A valid API key that authenticates your account.


Authorisation

For every endpoint request your API Key should be sent as part of the querystring:

https://api.postcodearea.co.uk/specific-police-force/?key={api_key}&postcode=WS3+3PD

For example:

https://api.postcodearea.co.uk/specific-police-force/?key=&postcode=WS3+3PD

Example Request and Response

If the above URL endpoint exists and the API key is valid, our system will return the following example response:

https://api.postcodearea.co.uk/specific-police-force/?key=&postcode=WS3+3PD
{"data":[{"description":"As the fastest growing county in England, Cambridgeshire is home to a rich diversity of history, culture and landscape. A predominantly rural county, Cambridgeshire includes the university city of Cambridge, the market towns of St Ives, Huntingdon and St Neots, the historic Fenland towns of Ramsey, Chatteris, Wisbech, Whittlesey, March, the historic cathedral city of Ely and the thriving city of Peterborough, a regional centre for commerce, industry, transport and leisure.<\/p>Cambridgeshire Constabulary is responsible for effective policing across the whole of Cambridgeshire, covering approximately 1,316 square miles of the East of England region. For policing purposes the county is divided into six districts, Peterborough, Huntingdonshire, Fenland, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire, each headed by a district commander with their own dedicated policing teams who know the local area inside out. Specialist officers and staff provide services such as major investigations, roads policing and public protection.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/www.cambs.police.uk","engagement_methods":{"url":"https:\/\/www.cambs.police.uk","type":"web","description":"There's a wide range of information available on the Cambridgeshire Constabulary website, including crime maps showing levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in your area.  You can also email us directly with general queries, to thank our staff and officers or to make a complaint.<\/p>","title":"Cambridgeshire Constabulary website"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CambridgeshirePolice","type":"youtube","description":"You can view the latest video and film clips from Cambridgeshire Constabulary on our YouTube site<\/p>","title":"YouTube"},{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CambsCops","type":"twitter","description":"Twitter<\/p>","title":"Twitter"},"telephone":"101","id":"cambridgeshire","name":"Cambridgeshire Constabulary"}],"response_time":0.0781,"Source":"https://data.police.uk/api/","Output Area":"England & Wales","Radius":10,"Distance Unit":"Mile","Records":-1,"Unique Fields":1,"Referrer":"api.postcodearea.co.uk","Host":"https://api.postcodearea.co.uk/specific-police-force/?key=pa_XWQAV24RXCUU19NGUFM11TKTLN&postcode=st200ly","Endpoint":"/specific-police-force/?key=pa_XWQAV24RXCUU19NGUFM11TKTLN&postcode=st200ly"}

Error Handling

HTTP Status Code Error Message Reason
400 Invalid postcode format The postcode provided is not valid.
401 Unauthorised request API key missing or invalid.
404 Postcode not found No data available for the given postcode.
404 No Results Found No data available for the given radius.
429 Too many requests Exceeded rate limit.
500 Internal server error An unexpected issue occurred.

Caching Policy

You may temporarily cache data retrieved from the API for performance optimisation purposes, provided that the cached data is:

  1. Stored in-memory only (e.g., application-level cache).
  2. Retained for no longer than one hour.

Caching API data to any persistent storage, including but not limited to databases, files, or external systems, constitutes a breach of our API Terms and Conditions. Such actions are strictly prohibited to ensure data accuracy and compliance with our licensing agreements.

If you have specific requirements for extended caching, you must seek prior written consent from us.


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