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Query street-level crime data, police forces, and crime outcomes from the UK Police open data API

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Tools

get_crimesrequired: lat, lng

Get street-level crimes near a latitude/longitude for a given month. Returns crime category, location, and outcome status.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
latreqnumberLatitude of the location
lngreqnumberLongitude of the location
dateoptstringMonth to query in YYYY-MM format (e.g. "2024-01"). Defaults to latest available.
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get_forces

List all police forces in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Returns force ID and name.

No parameters required.

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get_outcomesrequired: lat, lng

Get outcomes for crimes at a location for a given month. Returns outcome category and date for each crime.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
latreqnumberLatitude of the location
lngreqnumberLongitude of the location
dateoptstringMonth to query in YYYY-MM format (e.g. "2024-01"). Defaults to latest available.
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukpolice/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukpolice/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_crimes","arguments":{"lat": 37.7749, "lng": -122.4194}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_crimes", {"lat":"example","lng":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("query street-level crime data, police forces, and crime outcomes from the uk police open data api");