# UK Crime Data API - Street Crime, Outcomes & Stop and Search (`pushbuild/uk-police-crime`) Actor

Street-level crime for any UK postcode or coordinates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: category, street, month and outcome, or a per-category summary. Plus stop-and-search records and the local policing team. Official data.police.uk source.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/uk-police-crime.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.30 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Crime Data API - Street Crime, Outcomes & Stop and Search

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.

### Street crime

Each crime within a mile: category, month, street, latitude and longitude, location type, latest outcome and date. Or one summary row per location and month with counts by category.

### Stop and search

Date, type, object of search, legislation, outcome, gender, age range, ethnicity and location.

### Neighbourhood

The police force, neighbourhood, contact details and local team.

### Uses

Property and relocation research, insurance and risk scoring, local news, retail site selection. Pay per result.

# Actor input Schema

## `locations` (type: `array`):

UK postcodes or 'lat,lon' points; each covers a one-mile radius.

## `months` (type: `array`):

YYYY-MM; default is the latest month published.

## `category` (type: `string`):

e.g. burglary, vehicle-crime, violent-crime, anti-social-behaviour; all-crime for every category.

## `summaryOnly` (type: `boolean`):

One row per location and month with counts by category.

## `includeCrimes` (type: `boolean`):

Street-level crimes.

## `includeStopAndSearch` (type: `boolean`):

Stop-and-search records near the location.

## `includeNeighbourhood` (type: `boolean`):

Police force, neighbourhood and local team.

## `maxItemsPerLocation` (type: `integer`):

Rows per location, month and type.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "SW1A 1AA",
    "M1 1AE"
  ],
  "category": "all-crime",
  "summaryOnly": false,
  "includeCrimes": true,
  "includeStopAndSearch": false,
  "includeNeighbourhood": false,
  "maxItemsPerLocation": 2000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "locations": [
        "SW1A 1AA",
        "M1 1AE"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/uk-police-crime").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "locations": [
        "SW1A 1AA",
        "M1 1AE",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/uk-police-crime").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "locations": [
    "SW1A 1AA",
    "M1 1AE"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/uk-police-crime --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/uk-police-crime"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NNTfCGZqNEKHKPRsH/builds/zo3b3EadYzyhpBhIg/openapi.json