police-uk-api-mcp-server

police-uk-api-mcp-server

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The police-uk-api-mcp-server is a Python-based Model Context Protocol server designed to interact with police.uk API. It provides a suite of 21 tools for accessing data related to crimes, police forces, neighborhoods, and more. Built for ease of integration into existing MCP-compatible systems, it focuses on reliable data retrieval and error management.

police-uk-api-mcp-server

A Python-based MCP server providing tools to access and interact with the police.uk API, offering data on crimes, police forces, neighbourhoods, and stop-and-search incidents.

Features

  • 21 distinct tools for querying police.uk API endpoints.
  • Retrieve street-level crimes, neighbourhood details, force information, stop-and-search records, and more.
  • Built with FastMCP for easy integration into MCP-compatible systems.
  • Error handling and clear documentation for each tool.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.11+
  • Required packages: mcp, requests

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/dwain-barnes/police-uk-api-mcp-server.git
cd police-uk-api-mcp-server

  2. Install dependencies:

  pip install mcp requests

##Usage Run the server:

python server.py

###Configuration To integrate with an MCP ecosystem, update your server configuration

{
 "mcpServers": {
   "police-uk-api-tools": {
     "command": "python",
     "args": ["path/to/police-uk-api-mcp-server/server.py"],
     "host": "127.0.0.1",
     "port": 8080,
     "timeout": 30000
   }
 }
}