UK Police Insignia 2026 (List of Amendments since 2025 edition):-
1362 pages (including cover page)
Amend Introduction
Front Cover/page - update to 2026 and some slight additions.
Main index; Cromary County (Index) - correct to cromarty and North British Railway - correct to 1922 (not 23).
Air Ministry Cst; 1 new full size image picture added (KC plastic ww2 cap badge) and 1 better full aize picture replaced (KC bullion cap badge).
Avon and Somerset; 2 new full size insignia pictures added (QC insp "&" cap badge and QC "&" warrant card badge).
Bacup; 1 better half size picture replaced (KC black star hp).
Barnsley; 1 better half size picture replaced (QC black star hp).
Belfast Int. Aiport; 1 new full size image picture added (QC bullion badge).
Berkshire; 1 new full size insignia picture added (KC white metal lapel or collar badge).
Birkenhead; 1 new full size insignia picture added (KC blackened oval cap badge).
Birmingham; 1 new half size insignia picture added (KC blackened wreath hp).
Blackpool; 3 new full size insignia pictures added (KC wm star on wreath hp, QC cap badge & chromed collar badge). ! full size reduced to half size (QC chromed star on wreath hp).
Bolton; 3 new full size insignia pictures added (KC & QC star blackened hp's and KC coa wm cap badge).
Bolton; 1 new half size insignia picture added (QVC coa wm wreath hp).
Bournemouth; 2 better half size pictures replaced (KC and QC black star hp's).
Breconshire; 1 new half size insignia picture added (KC blackened star hp).
Brighton; 1 new half size insignia picture added (KC blackened star hp) and 1 better half size picture replaced (QC blackened star hp).
British Transport Commission; 1 new half size insignia picture added (QC blackened & chrome coa hp).
British Transport; 1 new half size picture added (QC chrome and enamel star hp).
Bucks; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QVC wm buckle) and 1 full size reduced to half size (KC coa white metal wreath hp).
Burnley; ! better full size picture replaced (KC coa chromed cap badge).
Carlisle; ! better half size size picture replaced (QC blackened star hp).
Cheshire; 3 better half size size pictures replaced (KC and QC blackened star hp's and KC Charles III hp), 1 new half size image picture added (KC Charles III rectangular patch) and 1 new full size insignia picture added (QC coa inspector cap badge variation).
Colchester correct to to Essex County Constabulary
Constabulary of Ireland; 1 photo added (add to shako illustration).
Coventry; 1 new about full size image picture (Bullion cap badge).
Cumbria; 2 new full size image pictures (QC ER2 blackened hp (diff crown) and QC ER chrome cap badge (open R)).
Derbyshire; 1 new half size insignia picture added (KC coa chromed star hp).
Derbyshire 1974; 1 new full size image picture added (KC Charles III chrome/enamel cap badge), 1 new half size image picture added (QC crome with blue enamel ring hp (diff crown) and reduced one full size to half size (QC chrome with red enamel on crown hp).
Devon; 1 new full size image picture added (QC ER2 blackened wreath hp).
Devonport; 1 new full size image picture added (NC white metal coa helmet or kepi badge).
Dorest and Bourneemouth; 1 half size to full size (QC ER2 chrome hp).
Dorset Constabulary; 1 three quarter size to full size (QVC wreath hp), 1 half size to full size (QC coa black star hp), 4 new full size image pictures added (KC bullion cap badge, KC Silver snr ofr cap badge, KC coa solid cap badge, QC voided coa cap badge (diff crown).
Dublin Met Police; 1 new about full size image picture (cape fitting),
Dundee; correction under Bravery medal "obly" to "only".
Dunfermline City; 1 new full size insignia picture added ("DCP" collar badge).
Durham Cst; 1 new full size image picture (QC coa cap badge variation).
Durham County; 2 new full size image pictures (QC coa cap badges variations),
Essex and Southend - correct to Essex County Constabulary
Essex Police; 1 new half size image picture (QC chromed with enamel coa hp).
Falmouth Borough; minor correction to text.
Fifeshire; 1 new about full size image picture added (warrant card badge).
Forfarshire; 2 better full size replacements (QVC wreath hp and QVC wm buckle).
Grantham; 2 full size reduced to half size (QVC maltese cross hp and Bronze Jubilee 1897 medal) and 1 new full size image picture added (Silver 1897 Jubilee medal).
Generic Insignia; 2 new ones - King Charles III crown examples.
Great Eastern Rail; 1 full size reduced to half size (KC black wraeth hp) and 1 new full size image picture added (QVC brass and white metal hp).
Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway delete "(see insignia below)"
Greater Manchester; 1 new half size picture added (QC chrome with blue enamel name hp).
Grimsby; 1 new full size image picture (Bullion snr ofr cap badge).
Guernsey; 1 new half size image picture (KC blackened wreath hp).
Gwent - new high of ofrs 1,529 (2025).
Gwynedd (1950); 1 better full size picture replaced (KC black star hp).
Gwynedd (1947); 1 new full size image picture (QC blackened hp).
Halifax; 1 new half size image picture (KC blackened star hp).
Hampshire; 2 new full size image pictures (Charles III hp and cap badge).
Harwich - correct to Essex County Constabulary
Herefordshire; 1 new full size image picture (KC coa chromed hp), 1 new half size image picture (QC coa chromed hp) and 1 half size to full size (QC black hp).
Hertfordshire; 3 new full size image pictures (QC ER2 chromed hp (another version), King Charles III chromed cap badge and King Charles III chrome/enamel star cap badge).
Hull; 2 half size replaced by full size (KC coa black hp and QC chromed hp) and 1 new full size image picture added (QC blackened coa hp).
Humberside; 1 new not to scale image picture added (Police band shoulder patch)
Irish Revenue; change "Irish Constabulary" to "Constabulary of Ireland".
Isle of Man; 3 half size replaced by full size (QVC, KC and QC hps) and 1 new full size picture added (KC coa large star cap badge).
Kent; 1 new full size image picture added (QC "Kent Police" chrome/enam cap badge), 1 new half size picture added (QC chrome/enam star hp) and 1 better image picture replaced (PCSO star cap badge).
Kirkcaldy; 1 better image picture replaced (Blackened brass partial coat of arms with scroll hp).
Leicester and Rutland; 1 full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 cap badge variation).
Leeds; 1 new full size insignia picture added (Coa black inspector cap badge) and 1 better full size insignia picture replace (Coa wm inspector cap badge)
Lincoln; 2 full size reduced to half size (KC wm wreath hp and QC chromed wreath hp) and 2 new half size image pictures added (KC brass blackened wreath hp and KC chrome or nickel plated wreath hp).
Lincolnshire; note about the existence of chromed (sample) QC "LKH" hp. NOTE: A fully chromed version of this one exists, but was only in sample quantity (and was never used or issued). Information from Andrew Reid.
London and India Docks; 1 new insignia picture added ("L&ID" collar or cap/kepi badge).
Macclesfield; 1 new full size image picture added (KC coa square shaped chromed/nickle plated hp) and 2 half size replaced by full size (KC blackened star hp and KC coa chromed star hp).
Maldon - correct to Essex County Constabulary
Manchester and Salford; 1 new full size image picture added (QC coa mounted dept hp variation) and 2 half size replaced by full size (QC ER2 chromed hp and QC coa mounted dept hp other variation).
Manchester Ship Canal; add "also known as Manchester Dock Police".
Medals (national); 1 new insignia picture added (1902 Police Ambulance Service version) plus amendments to other medals.
Medals (National): 1 new insignia picture added (King Charles III police medal).
Meresyside; enam/chrome hp never issed (infor from Mike Brown)
Metropolitan; 1 new full size image picture added (King Charles III chrome/enam hp).
Mid-Anglia; 1 half size replaced by full size (QC chromed hp).
Middlesbrough; 3 new full size image pictures added (1911 Coa (brass?) cap badge or hpand QC blackened hp) and 1 half size replaced by full size (KC blackened hp).
Ministry of Civil Av; 1 new full size image picture added (KC SILVER sr ofr cap badge).
Newham parks; 1 new half size image picture added (QC Community Constabulary hp).
Newport; 1 full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 cap badge variation).
Norfolk; 1 new full size image picture added (QC chrome/enamel star variation).
North Wales; 1 new full size image picture added (QC chrome/ enamel English only hp) and 2 half size replaced by full size (QC chrome hp and QC chrome and enamel name (dual language) hp).
North Yorks; 1 better half size replaced (QC coa chrome hp - withdrawn).
Northamptonshire; 1 new full size image picture added (QC chrome/ enamel warrant card badge).
Northern Ireland Police; 1 new full size image picture added (cloth bullion cap badge).
Northern Ireland Police; 1 new full size picture added (collars) and 1 better full size replaced (cap badge).
Northumberland; 1 new full size image picture added (KC GRVI snr offr ranks cap badge).
Northumbria; 1 new half size image picture added (King Charles III chrome/enamel hp) and 1 new full size image picture added ((NC "Custody Investigating Officer" Shield badge).
Norwich; 1 new full size image picture added (KC coa star hp) and 2 half size replaced by full size (KC blackened star hp and QVC oval helmet plate/kepi badge?).
Oldham; 6 new full size image pictures added (QVC wm and QVC blackened hps, KC wm oval garter hp, 2 QC ER2 chromed hp variations, QC ER2 blackened hp), 2 full size better picture replaced (KC coa wm wreath hp & QC ER2 chrome/enamel cap badge), 1 half size better picture replaced (KC blackened star hp) and 1 half size increased to full size (QC ER2 chromed hp).
PCSO 2025 numbers.
PCSO; 1 new full size image picture added (generic cap badge).
Penzance; 1 full size replaced with better full size (buckle).
Pontefract; 1 full size replaced with better full size (QVC coa wm hp).
Port of Bristol; 1 new full size image picture added (NC chrome/enamel coa star cap badge).
Port of Dover; 1 new full size image picture added (King Charles III chrome/enamel star cap badge).
Preston; 1 new full size image picture added (Special Constable coa "Sectional Commander" badge).
Reading; 1 new full size image picture added (KC coa nickel/chromed small hp).
Rotherham; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QVC coa wm wreath hp), 1 new half size insignia picture added (KC coa wm wreath hp) and 2 full size insignia pictures reduced too half size (QVC coa nickel plated wreath hp and KC coa nickel plated/chromed wreath hp).
Ross and Cromarty - delete double "when the" (before Cromarty).
Ross-shire; 1 new full size image picture added (QVC wm button).
Rutland; 1 new full size image picture added (KC chrome/enamel cap badge another version).
Saffron Walden - change to Essex County Constabulary
Southend -change to Essex County Constabulary 68
Southampton Harbour; 1 new full size image picture added (chromed coa collar badge).
Special constable numbers in 2025.
Stalybridge; 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (KC coa insp cap badge).
States of Jersey; 1 better full size replaced (QC coa insp cb).
Stoke on Trent; 1 new full size image picture added (QC ER2 chrome/enamel star cap badge).
Torquay; button picture spelling "nutton" corrected.
UK AEA Constabulary; 1 better full size replaced (QC coa insp cb).
Wakefield; 2 better half size picture replaced (KC and QC coa blackened hps).
Wallasey; 1 new full size imahe picture added (QC blackened star hp) and 2 better full size pictures replace half size (KC and QC chromed star hps).
Warwickshire; 1 new full size image picture added (QC chrome/enamel coa star star cap badge) and 3 better full size pictures replace half size (QC chrome and enamel star hps).
West Midlands; 2 new full size image pictures added (King Charles III chrome/enamel star hp and PCSO shield badge) and 1 better full size picture replace half size (QC chrome and enamel star hp).
Wiltshire; strength high 1,240 (2025). Added information about helmet plates (from Andrew Reid).
Windsor; 1 better full size image picture replaced (KC wm wreath hp).
York Minster; 1 new full size insignia pictures added (button 1837 to 1844) and 1 new not to scale image picture (newer cap badge).
UK Police Insignia 2025 (List of Amendments since 2024 edition):
1343 pages (including cover or front page - an increase of 50 over 2024 Edition).
Now a total of 5,990 insignia pictures and 110 illustrative pictures.
175 new insignia pictures added, 47 insignia pictures replaced with better ones (see below).
Corrections or updates in existing text:
Introduction - some slight changes.
Cover - some cosmetic changes.
Avon and Somerset; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QC enameled/chrome variation hp) 2 half size hp's to full size.
Ayrshire Constabulary; 1 new full size insignia picture added (thistle wreath wm with AC and number).
Bacup; (E-38) 1 not to scale insignia picture replaced with full size (SC badge with one years).
Banffshire - North East Counties Constabulary to "North Eastern . . ."
Bedford; 1 new full size insignia picture added (KC chromed wreath hp) and replaced 2 half size to full size (KC wm wreath hp and KC blackened star hp)
Bedfordshire Cst; 3 new full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 black hp Diff Crown, SC different KC cap badge, QC ER2 cap badge (Diff Crown)) and replaced 1 half size to full size (QC ER2 black hp).
Bedfordshire Police - 1458 strength (2024).
Berks Cst; 1 new three quarter size insignia picture added (QC different wreath hp/cap badge).
Berwick Roxburgh and Selkirk - Roxburghshire to "Roxburgh".
Berwickshire - Roxburghshire to "Roxburgh".
Birkenhead; 2 new full size insignia pictures added (QC black hp and QC coa SILVER snr ofr cap badge).
Birmingham; 2 new full size insignia pictures (Total Abstinence medal and Special Constabulary medal)
Blackpool; 1 new full size insignia picture (wm pre-1905 town seal collar badge).
Bolton; 1 new full size insignia picture (silver good service medal).
Bootle; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC SC lapel badge).
Boston; 1 insignia picture replaced with better one (partial coa wm button).
Brighton; replaced 2 half size to full size (QC chrome and blackened hps), replaced Courageous Conduct medal with much better pictures and 1 new full size image picture added (QC coa cap badge - diff crown).
Bristol; 1 full size and 1 half size insignia pictures (QC chromed letter & Number hp and coa hp), 1 half size replaced by full size (QC chrome letter & number hp)
British Airport Authority - correct "Lothians and Borders" to "Lothian and Borders"
British Transport; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC Silver cap badge used by most senior ranks) and 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp with different Crown).
Buckinghamshire; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC blackened collars).
Burnley; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC wm wreath w/town seal centre) and 2 half size replaced by full size (QC chrome and blackened hps).
Cambridge City; 1 "nearly full size" ro full size and better picture (Silver long service medal).
Cambridgeshire (1851); 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed hp) and 1 half size to full size (KC black hp).
Cambridgeshire (1974); strength 1747 (2024).
Canterbury Close Constables; 1 new not to scale insignia picture (patch).
Cheshire (1974); strength 2368 (2024).1 new full size insignia picture (KC Charles III coa chromed/enamel hp) and 1 half size to full size (QC coa chromed/enamel hp).
Cheshire 1974; 1 new full size image picture added (K Charles 3 cap badge).
City of London Markets; 1 new full size insignia picture (black button).
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed hp (Different Crown) and 1 new full size insignia picture (School Crossing badge).
Cumberland and Westmoreland; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed hp).
Cumbria; strength 1383 (2024).1 new full size insignia picture (QC warrant card badge).
Cleveland; C69 1 new not to scale insignia picture added (Band shoulder patch).
Derbyshire1; 1 new full size insignia picture added (different collar badge).
Derbyshire (74) 2 new full insignia pictures (QC chromed w/enamel crown hp and QC Silver most snr ranks cap badge); 1 half size to full size (QC coa chromed/enamel hp) and 1 new not to scale insignia picture (Community Support Officer patch).
Derbyshire 1974; (D-18) 1 new not to scale insignia picture added (KC Charles3 warrant card holder).
Derbyshire 1974; 1 better insignia picture replaced (warrant card badge).
Devon1; 1 new full size insignia picture added (Special Constabulary bullion badge snr grades).
Devon and Cornwall; 2 new full insignia picture (PVSO patch and King Charles III chromed hp).
Dewsbury; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC wreath hp) 2 new full insignia picture (QC insp cap badge (likely reproduction) and silver medal).
Doncaster; replaced 1 full size by better full size (town seal wreath), 1 new full size insignia picture (KC enameled coa SC badge) and 2 half size to full size insignia pictures (QC chromed and blackened hps).
Doncaster; 1 new half size insignia picture added (QC coa black hp).
Dorset Cst; 1 better half size insignia picture (QC black coa hp), 1 helf size to full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome hp), 1 new full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome hp diff crown).
Dorset Police; 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome/enamel hp), 2 full size insignia pictures (police staff medal and never QC chrome/enamel star hp).
Dorset Police; 1 better insignia picture replaced (full size QC ER2 chrome/enam hp, QC ER2 star woth number not to scale to full size), 1 new half size insignia picture added (QC ER2 chrome/enam (blue circle) hp), 2 new full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 chrome/enam star cap badge and a warrant card badge)
Dover; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC "DSC" SC lapel badge).
Dublin Harbour; 1 new full size insignia picture (white metal badge) and 1 not to scale insignia picture (white metal circular badge).
Dublin Metropolitan; 1 new full size insignia picture (white circular 2 horse carriage licence) 2 better full size insignia pictures (QVC wreath and QVC superintendent's hat badge).
Dunbartonshire; 1 better full size insignia picture (1902 medal).
Durham County; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC blackened with chrome coa hp).
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QC coa chrome ho Diff Crown) and 1 new photo added (helmet).
Dyfed-Powys; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed Prince of Wales feathers star cap badge & QC enamelled warrant card badge) and 1 new half size insignia picture (Traffic Warden cloth patch).
East Riding; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed hp and QC chromed cap badge) and 1 half size to full size (QC blackened hp).
East Suffolk; 3 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed hp, KC Silver snr ofr badge and QC "Police Reserve" lapel badge), 1 half size to full size (QC blackened hp), replace 1 full size insignia picture with better one (KC "Police Reserve" lapel badge).
East Sussex; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed cap badge diff crown) and 2 half size to full size (KC blackened & QC chromed hp)
Essex Cst; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC War Reserve lapel badge).
Essex Police; strength 3763 (2024). 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed coa hp), 1 new full size insignia picture (QC Silver snr ofr cap badge), 1 half size to full size (QC chrome/enamel hp).
Exeter; 1 new full size insignia picture (Star of Merit medal).
Gateshead; 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (QC coa chrome cap badge).
Glasgow; 2 new full size insignia pictures (KC SC lapel badge and 1883 medal of merit).
Gloucestershire; 1 better half size insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chrome hp).
Glossop; 1 new full size insignia picture (town seal white metal collar badge).
Govan; 1 new full size insignia picture (QVC 1897 Jubilee & Good Service) medal).
Great Yarmouth; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC black button).
Great Yarmouth; 1 better i