What it returns
Official police.uk open data for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, by postcode or coordinates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Common uses
Property and relocation research, insurance and risk scoring, local news, retail site selection. Pay per result.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/uk-police-crime/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
locations | list of strings | UK postcodes or 'lat,lon' points; each covers a one-mile radius. |
months | list of strings | YYYY-MM; default is the latest month published. |
category | string | e.g. burglary, vehicle-crime, violent-crime, anti-social-behaviour; all-crime for every category. Default: "all-crime". |
summaryOnly | boolean | One row per location and month with counts by category. Default: false. |
includeCrimes | boolean | Street-level crimes. Default: true. |
includeStopAndSearch | boolean | Stop-and-search records near the location. Default: false. |
includeNeighbourhood | boolean | Police force, neighbourhood and local team. Default: false. |
maxItemsPerLocation | integer | Rows per location, month and type. Default: 2000. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/uk-police-crime/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"locations": ["SW1A 1AA", "M1 1AE"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.24 per 1,000 results. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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