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Police Force Areas (December 2016) Ultra Generalised Clipped Boundaries in England and Wales

Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Mapping

Summary

This file contains the digital vector boundaries for Police Force Areas in England and Wales, as at 31 December 2016. The boundaries available are:

  • Full resolution - extent of the realm (usually this is the Mean Low Water mark but in some cases boundaries extend beyond this to include off shore islands);
  • Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);
  • Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark);
  • Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark) and
  • Ultra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (Mean High Water mark).

Contains both Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Download File Sizes

  • Full resolution - extent of the realm (12 MB)
  • Full resolution - clipped to the coastline (18 MB)
  • Generalised (20m) - clipped to the coastline (2 MB)
  • Super generalised (200m) - clipped to the coastline (337 KB)
  • Ultra generalised (500m) - clipped to the coastline (105 KB).

REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE View Service - https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Other_Boundaries/Police_Force_Areas_December_2016_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireView
REST URL of ArcGIS for INSPIRE Feature Download Service - https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Other_Boundaries/Police_Force_Areas_December_2016_Boundaries/MapServer/exts/InspireFeatureDownload
REST URL of ArcGIS Feature Service - https://ons-inspire.esriuk.com/arcgis/rest/services/Other_Boundaries/Police_Force_Areas_December_2016_Boundaries/FeatureServer

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
Shapefile ZIP 12/6/2017
KML KML 12/6/2017
CSV CSV Preview 12/6/2017
GeoJSON GEOJSON 12/6/2017

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Harvest GUID
http://geoportal1-ons.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/3e5a096a8c7c456fb6d3164a3f44b005_4

Contact

Enquiries

ons.geography@ons.gov.uk

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