Crime categories

Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/categories" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."

await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/categories", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});

$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/categories");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);

import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/ukpolice-api/v1/categories",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "date": "latest",
        "count": 15,
        "categories": [
            {
                "url": "all-crime",
                "name": "All crime"
            },
            {
                "url": "anti-social-behaviour",
                "name": "Anti-social behaviour"
            },
            {
                "url": "bicycle-theft",
                "name": "Bicycle theft"
            },
            {
                "url": "burglary",
                "name": "Burglary"
            },
            {
                "url": "criminal-damage-arson",
                "name": "Criminal damage and arson"
            },
            {
                "url": "drugs",
                "name": "Drugs"
            },
            {
                "url": "other-theft",
                "name": "Other theft"
            },
            {
                "url": "possession-of-weapons",
                "name": "Possession of weapons"
            },
            {
                "url": "public-order",
                "name": "Public order"
            },
            {
                "url": "robbery",
                "name": "Robbery"
            },
            {
                "url": "shoplifting",
                "name": "Shoplifting"
            },
            {
                "url": "theft-from-the-person",
                "name": "Theft from the person"
            },
            {
                "url": "vehicle-crime",
                "name": "Vehicle crime"
            },
            {
                "url": "violent-crime",
                "name": "Violence and sexual offences"
            },
            {
                "url": "other-crime",
                "name": "Other crime"
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T00:04:34.872Z",
        "request_id": "15485cbc-8ff1-4a70-ad47-9f1c0e951940"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Categories retrieved",
    "success": true
}