Police organisation
National Crime Agency
A United Kingdom law-enforcement agency against serious and organised crime. It is not a territorial police force, and does not present itself as one.
At a glance
- Official name
- National Crime Agency (NCA)
- System
- United Kingdom
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- Specialist national service
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 13 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 13 September 2026
What it is
The NCA states that it leads "the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime", and that its purpose is "Protecting the public from serious and organised crime" by "targeting and pursuing those criminals who pose the greatest risk to the UK". The threat areas it names include drug trafficking, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, modern slavery and human trafficking, money laundering and illicit finance, fraud, illegal firearms, border vulnerabilities and organised immigration crime. It is a national agency alongside territorial police forces, not above them.
What it covers
The United Kingdom, by subject matter. It has no territorial policing role.
Broad responsibilities
- Leading the response to serious and organised crime across the threat areas it names
Other organisations to compare
- Police Scotland — Scotland
- British Transport Police — United Kingdom
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
Who we are — National Crime Agency
National Crime Agency (United Kingdom) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-13
SCOPE: the National Crime Agency only. The Agency’s own page, read directly. Supports that the NCA leads "the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime" and that its stated purpose is "Protecting the public from serious and organised crime" by "targeting and pursuing those criminals who pose the greatest risk to the UK"; and the threat areas it names (drugs, cybercrime, child sexual abuse, modern slavery and human trafficking, money laundering and illicit finance, fraud, illegal firearms, border vulnerabilities, organised immigration crime). The page carries NO statutory citation, and none is asserted from it. It is NOT a territorial police force, and nothing here supports treating it as one.