# List of British police officers killed in the line of duty

This article includes only those serving police officers who were killed as a direct result of a crime or while attempting to respond, prevent, stop or solve a specific criminal act. The list omits war-time deaths by enemy fire, such as the many police officers killed by air raids during the Second World War. The list also omits the more than 300 officers of the former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) killed in paramilitary assassinations or attacks during The Troubles.

## Key
### Rank abbreviations

* A/x = Acting
* ACC = Assistant chief constable
* CEO = Civilian Explosives Officer
* Cmdr = Commander
* DC = Detective Constable
* DS = Detective Sergeant
* Insp = Inspector
* PC = Police Constable
* Sgt = Sergeant
* SPC = Special Police Constable
* Supt = Superintendent
* WPC = Woman Police Constable
* WRC = War Reserve Constable

## List

| Name | Rank | Age | Force | Date of death | Circumstances |
| Desmond Acreman | PC | 33 | Metropolitan Police | 12 February 1967 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspected thieves in Woolwich. |
| Ronald Addison | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 24 January 1960 | Collapsed and died of heart failure while pursuing suspects |
| Raja Ahmed | PC | 35 | Greater Manchester Police | 31 August 1999 | Motorcycle rammed into oncoming traffic by suspect |
| Jane Arbuthnot | WPC | 22 | Metropolitan Police | 17 December 1983 | Killed in the Harrods bombing |
| Alison Armitage | PC | 29 | Greater Manchester Police | 5 March 2001 | Run over by suspect |
| Jack Avery | WRC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 6 July 1940 | Stabbed |
| Edward Barnett | PC | 24 | City of Glasgow Police | 4 January 1970 | Shot during the Linwood bank robbery. |
| Clive Barratt | DC | 35 | Suffolk Constabulary | 28 July 1999 | Motorcycle accident while on surveillance duty |
| Andrew Barton | Sergeant | 40 | Northumbria Police | 15 April 1913 | Shot |
| Douglas Beckerson | PC | 22 | Metropolitan Police | 10 April 1971 | Fell through a roof while pursuing suspect |
| Robert Bentley | Sergeant | 36 | City of London Police | 17 December 1910 | Shot during the Houndsditch murders |
| Sharon Beshenivsky | PC | 38 | West Yorkshire Police | 18 November 2005 | Shot while responding to an armed robbery |
| Thomas Biddlecombe | PC | 47 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 18 December 1916 | Whilst patrolling Thornford Road, Sherborne, he took severely ill and was taken by ambulance to Yeatman Hospital where he died. |
| Walter Billett | WRC | 61 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 5 July 1940 | Killed in a fall from his bicycle while reporting for duty in the blackout. |
| Brian Bishop | Acting sergeant | 37 | Essex Police | 27 August 1984 | Shot |
| Thomas Bishop | PC | 39 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 21 September 1877 | Fatally bludgeoned with stones by a drunken man he had warned. The incident occurred in Bere Regis following the Woodbury Hill Fair. |
| Keith Blakelock | PC | 40 | Metropolitan Police | 6 October 1985 | Stabbed in the Broadwater Farm riot |
| Fiona Bone | PC | 32 | Greater Manchester Police | 18 September 2012 | Killed in gun and grenade ambush alongside PC Nicola Hughes |
| Roger Brereton | PC | 41 | Thames Valley Police | 19 August 1987 | Shot in the Hungerford massacre |
| Ian Broadhurst | PC | 34 | West Yorkshire Police | 26 December 2003 | Shot during the Leeds police shootings |
| Laurence Brown | PC | 27 | Metropolitan Police | 28 August 1990 | Shot |
| Gareth Browning | PC | 36 | Thames Valley Police | 1 April 2017 | Struck by suspect vehicle while deploying a stinger in 2013 |
| Cecil Budden | PC | 27 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 19 May 1957 | Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on motorcycle patrol. |
| Dugald Campbell | Watchman | unknown | Edinburgh City Police | 3 January 1812 | Killed whilst attempting to stop a robbery during the Hogmanay riots. |
| Gavin Carlton | PC | 29 | West Midlands Police | 19 December 1988 | Shot while attempting to arrest armed bank robbers |
| Joseph Carroll | PC | 46 | Northumbria Police | 13 April 2006 | Traffic collision while transporting a prisoner |
| Stephen Carroll | PC | 48 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 9 March 2009 | Shot by Republican terrorists whilst responding to 999 call. |
| Adele Cashman | DC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 5 November 2012 | Collapsed while pursuing robbery suspects |
| Walter Choat | PC | 34 | City of London Police | 17 December 1910 | Shot during the Houndsditch murders |
| Duncan Clift | PC | 27 | Kent Police | 22 March 1991 | Killed off duty while trying to arrest car thief. |
| Raymond Codling | Inspector | 49 | Greater Manchester Police | 14 September 1989 | Shot |
| Glenn Corder | PC | 18 | Durham Constabulary | 6 February 1980 | Vehicle crashed during police pursuit |
| Raymond Davenport | PC | 42 | Merseyside Police | 4 July 1981 | Killed whilst attempting to stop a stolen vehicle |
| Brian Dawson | Sergeant | 42 | Leicestershire Police | 1 September 1975 | Shot during a siege in West Knighton, near Leicester. Two others were also shot dead, with the gunman later being imprisoned on charges of manslaughter. |
| Ian Dibell GM | PC | 41 | Essex Police | 9 July 2012 | Shot while off duty and confronting an armed man |
| Edward Dorney | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 1 January 1960 | Killed along with Police Dog Gus when hit by a train whilst pursuing burglary suspects. |
| Nicholas Dumphreys | PC | 47 | Cumbria Police | 26 January 2020 | Car accident caused by known fault within the N57 engine in the BMW police vehicle he was driving whilst responding to emergency call. |
| Andrew Duncan | PC | 47 | Metropolitan Police | 22 September 2013 | Fatally injured when struck by vehicle he attempted to stop while carrying out speed enforcement. |
| Patrick Dunne | PC | 44 | Metropolitan Police | 20 October 1993 | Fatally shot while attending domestic dispute |
| Richard Ellerker | PC | 42 | North Yorkshire Police | 26 December 1993 | Collapsed and died shortly after arresting a violent, drunk suspect |
| Yvonne Fletcher | WPC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 17 April 1984 | Shot |
| John Fordham | DC | 45 | Metropolitan Police | 26 January 1985 | Stabbed during surveillance relating to the Brink's-Mat robbery. |
| William Forth | Sergeant | 34 | Northumbria Police | 21 March 1993 | Beaten and stabbed to death after answering a 999 call. |
| Geoffrey Fox | PC | 41 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot in the Shepherd's Bush Murders, alongside Christopher Head and David Wombwell |
| Lewis Fulton | PC | 28 | Strathclyde Police | 17 June 1994 | Stabbed |
| Roger Goad | CEO | 40 | Metropolitan Police | 25 August 1975 | Killed by an IRA bomb |
| Glenn Goodman | SPC | 37 | North Yorkshire Police | 7 June 1992 | Shot by IRA member Paul Magee during routine traffic stop |
| Kevin Gorman | PC | 24 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 23 November 2008 | Car accident whilst responding to emergency call. |
| Richard Gray | PC | 43 | West Mercia Constabulary | 6 May 2007 | Shot |
| Thomas Green | Sergeant | 51 | Surrey Police | 18 February 1919 | Died following a blow to the head with an iron bar during the Epsom riot. |
| Declan Greene | PC | 39 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 23 November 2008 | Car accident whilst responding to emergency call. |
| Peter Guthrie | PC | 21 | West Midlands Police | 22 July 1972 | Shot |
| George Gutteridge | PC | 31 | Essex Police | 27 September 1927 | Shot. |
| David Haigh | PC | 25 | North Yorkshire Police | 17 June 1982 | Shot by Barry Prudom |
| Andrew Harper | PC | 28 | Thames Valley Police | 15 August 2019 | Dragged by vehicle while investigating a burglary report |
| Alfred Head | PC | 46 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 19 October 1938 | Fatally injured in a road collision cycling to court in bad weather. |
| Christopher Head | DS | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot in the Shepherd's Bush Murders alongside Geoffrey Fox and David Wombwell |
| Jonathan Henry | PC | 36 | Bedfordshire Police | 11 June 2007 | Stabbed responding to 999 call |
| Jonathan Hicken | DC | 47 | Dorset Police | 6 October 2019 | Collapsed and died while travelling to duty. |
| Kenneth Howorth | CEO | 49 | Metropolitan Police | 26 October 1981 | Killed by an IRA bomb |
| Nicola Hughes | PC | 23 | Greater Manchester Police | 18 September 2012 | Killed in gun and grenade ambush alongside PC Fiona Bone. |
| Kenneth Innell | Inspector | 44 | Dorset Police | 13 December 1982 | Collapsed and died during an incident on duty at Poole Quay. |
| Kenneth Irvine | PC | 30 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 23 November 2008 | Car accident whilst responding to emergency call. |
| Andrew James | PC | 38 | South Wales Police | 2 August 2003 | Accidentally run over while pursuing suspect |
| Ieuan Jeffreys | PC | 31 | Merseyside Police | 4 May 1941 | Killed investigating an unexploded bomb on aiding duty in Liverpool. |
| Karpal Kaur Sandhu | PC | 30 | Metropolitan Police | 4 November 1973 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
| Desmond Kellam | PC | 31 | Wiltshire Constabulary | 3 October 1979 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
| Ronan Kerr | PC | 25 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 2 April 2011 | Killed by a Republican terrorist car bomb outside his home. |
| John Kew | PC | 29 | West Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary | 11 July 1900 | Shot |
| Robert Kidd | DS | 37 | London & North Western Railway Police | 29 September 1895 | Fatally injured during an arrest |
| Alan King | Sergeant | 41 | Metropolitan Police | 29 November 1991 | Stabbed while questioning a male suspected of handling stolen goods |
| Sidney Loader | PC | 40 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 8 September 1938 | Fatally injured in a collision with a car while on cycle patrol. |
| Nina MacKay | WPC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 24 October 1997 | Stabbed |
| Angus MacKenzie | A/DC | 31 | City of Glasgow Police | 30 December 1969 | Shot during the Linwood bank robbery |
| James Magee | PC | 27 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 23 November 2008 | Car accident while responding to emergency call. |
| Stanley Marsh | PC | 24 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 9 February 1939 | Died as a result of injuries received in 1938 when he attempted to stop a car. |
| Francis Mason | PC | 27 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 14 April 1988 | Shot while off-duty, attempting to prevent an armed robbery. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal. |
| Ronan McCloskey | PC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 9 May 1987 | Struck by motor vehicle by suspected drink driver trying to escape. |
| Christopher McDonald | PC | 19 | Nottinghamshire Police | 17 May 1978 | Beaten |
| Sidney Miles | PC | 42 | Metropolitan Police | 2 November 1952 | Shot whilst responding to a burglary |
| Hugh Moore | Cmdr | 64 | City of London Police | 4 December 1993 | Collapsed after an arrest |
| Jim Morrison | DC | 26 | Metropolitan Police | 13 December 1991 | Stabbed while off-duty attempting to arrest a thief |
| Andrew Munn | PC | 37 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 15 August 2002 | Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Bryan Moore. |
| Bryan Moore | PC | 39 | Leicestershire Constabulary | 15 August 2002 | Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Andrew Munn. |
| Ian Morton | DC | 32 | Dorset Police | 26 October 2008 | Killed in a road traffic collision whilst travelling to report for duty at Bournemouth, in the early morning, when his vehicle left the road and crashed into the wall of a bungalow at Highcliffe. |
| George Mussell | PC | 40 | Northumberland County Constabulary | 15 April 1913 | Shot |
| Stephen Oake | DC | 40 | Greater Manchester Police | 14 January 2003 | Stabbed |
| Jon Odell | PC | 30 | Kent Police | 19 December 2000 | While conducting speed checks was intentionally run over by disqualified driver |
| Sean Oxford | SPC | 21 | Dorset Police | 7 May 1992 | Collapsed and died during warm up exercises in preparation for self defence training. |
| Keith Palmer | PC | 48 | Metropolitan Police | 22 March 2017 | Stabbed during Westminster terrorist attack |
| David Phillips | PC | 34 | Merseyside Police | 5 October 2015 | Run over whilst attempting to deploy a Stop Stick device in a pursuit |
| Jim Porter | DC | 31 | Durham Constabulary | 4 March 1982 | Shot in pursuit of armed robbers. |
| Rosie Prior | PC | 45 | North Yorkshire Police | 11 January 2025 | Died after being hit by a lorry on the A19 road attending to a separate collision, while off-duty. |
| Matt Ratana | Sergeant | 54 | Metropolitan Police | 25 September 2020 | Shot while a man was being detained in a police custody centre |
| Mandy Rayner | WPC | 18 | Hertfordshire Constabulary | 13 October 1982 | Vehicle struck during police pursuit. She was the first British woman police officer to be killed in service. |
| Phillipa Reynolds | PC | 27 | Police Service Northern Ireland | 9 February 2013 | Killed when a stolen car hit her police car. |
| Gerry Richardson | Supt | 38 | Lancashire Constabulary | 23 August 1971 | Shot |
| Derek Robertson | Sergeant | 39 | Metropolitan Police | 9 February 1994 | Stabbed during post office robbery. |
| Graham Saville | Sergeant | 46 | Nottinghamshire Police | 29 August 2023 | Fatally injured after being struck by a train trying to reach a distressed man on the track. |
| Kulwant Sidhu | PC | 24 | Metropolitan Police | 24 October 1999 | Died after plunging through a glass panel on the roof of an industrial building while chasing two suspected burglars. |
| Dennis Smith | PC | 44 | Devon and Cornwall Police | 21 December 1973 | Shot after high speed pursuit |
| George Snipe | PC | 29 | Birmingham City Police | 19 July 1897 | PC Snipe was attempting an arrest at the Star Public House in Hockley, when a mob turned upon him and his colleague PC Mead. They attempted to find shelter in the local church, but a brick thrown at them hit him on the head, with his dying in hospital 4 hours later. |
| Ernest Southern | PC | 35 | Lancashire Constabulary | 27 January 1962 | Collapsed attending a violent street affray |
| John Speed | Sergeant | 39 | West Yorkshire Police | 31 October 1984 | Shot while going to aid of a colleague who had been fired on near Leeds Parish Church |
| Michael Swindells | DC | 44 | West Midlands Police | 21 May 2004 | Stabbed |
| Barry Taylor | Inspector | 30 | West Yorkshire Police | 15 February 1970 | Shot while responding to a burglary |
| John Taylor | PC | 26 | Staffordshire Police | 23 November 1986 | Pushed off the 7th floor of a block of flats while arresting burglars. |
| Robert Thomson | ACC | 38 | Edinburgh City Police | 16 July 1940 | Shot |
| Stephen Tibble | PC | 21 | Metropolitan Police | 26 February 1975 | Shot while assisting colleague when off-duty |
| Gary Toms | PC | 37 | Metropolitan Police | 11 April 2009 | Thrown from police vehicle during pursuit |
| Ian Toomer | Inspector | 50 | Dorset Police | 20 April 1999 | Killed in a road collision when his police car crashed in wet weather. |
| Charles Tucker | Sergeant | 46 | City of London Police | 16 December 1910 | Shot during the Houndsditch murders |
| William Tyler | PC | 31 | Metropolitan Police | 29 January 1909 | Shot during the Tottenham Outrage |
| Wilfred Viney | PC | 31 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 25 July 1930 | Killed riding pillion in a motorcycle collision on plain clothes night patrol. |
| Ged Walker | PC | 42 | Nottinghamshire Police | 9 January 2003 | Run over |
| Arthur Walls | Inspector | 44 | Eastbourne Borough Police | 9 October 1912 | Shot |
| Phillip Walters | PC | 28 | Metropolitan Police | 18 April 1995 | Shot |
| Stephen Wilson | PC | 37 | Dorset Police | 16 May 1996 | Fatally injured in a motorcycle collision while reporting for night duty. |
| David Winter | Sergeant | 31 | North Yorkshire Police | 28 June 1982 | Shot by Barry Prudom |
| David Wombwell | DC | 25 | Metropolitan Police | 12 August 1966 | Shot during the Shepherd's Bush Murders alongside Geoffrey Fox and Christopher Head |
| Sidney Wood | PC | 27 | Dorset Constabulary (now Dorset Police) | 26 April 1908 | Died after crashing his bicycle on a steep hill searching for a thief |
| Ian Woodward | PC | 33 | Lancashire Police | 25 February 1987 | Shot after challenging poacher off-duty. |
| James Wright | PC | 38 | Manchester City Police | 20 June 1934 | Run over |