Police collections

Collections related to the history of policing originally collected by the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research within the Arts Faculty at the Open University.

The Police Collection contains a large collection of criminology books and journals. These can be searched through the Open University Library Search. To access the collections contact the University Archive Team to arrange an appointment.

• Photograph albums of events in Essex
• Cutting Books of Detective Sergeant William Alexander Grigor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Police
• The John Syme Collection
• The Metropolitan Police Orders Collection
• The Police Gazette Collection
• Police Artifacts Collection
• The South Western Crime Collection