`get_crimes`

Pack: ukpolice · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukpolice/mcp

Get street-level crimes reported near a latitude/longitude in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, from the official police open data. Returns each crime’s category, street, month and outcome status, plus the month the figures are actually for. Answers “what crime was reported near ” and “how much burglary is there around these coordinates”. Omit date for the latest published month — the feed runs about two months in arrears, and a month that has not been published yet is reported as such rather than as an absence of crime.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`lat`	number	yes	Latitude of the location
`lng`	number	yes	Longitude of the location
`date`	string	no	Month in YYYY-MM form, e.g. “2026-05”. Omit for the latest published month. Data lags roughly two months; if the requested month is not published yet, the most recent available month is returned and labelled.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "lat": 51.5074,
  "lng": -0.1278
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukpolice/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_crimes","arguments":{"lat":51.5074,"lng":-0.1278}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_crimes', {
  "lat": 51.5074,
  "lng": -0.1278
});

More examples

{
  "lat": 53.4808,
  "lng": -2.2426,
  "date": "2024-01"
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, crimes

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Total number of crimes returned
`crimes`	array	Array of street-level crimes

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of crimes returned"
    },
    "crimes": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of street-level crimes",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Crime ID"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Crime category"
          },
          "month": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Month of the crime in YYYY-MM format"
          },
          "street": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Street name where crime occurred"
          },
          "outcome": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Outcome category or 'Under investigation'"
          },
          "outcome_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date of outcome if available"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "category",
          "month",
          "street",
          "outcome",
          "outcome_date"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "crimes"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ukpolice": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ukpolice/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_crimes