Police Gazette (Great Britain and Ireland)

For other uses, see Police Gazette.
The Police Gazette; or, Hue and Cry
The front page of Police Gazette or Hue and Cry 6 August 1831
TypeNewspaper
Owner(s)College of Policing
Home Office
Founded1772
Ceased publication2017
HeadquartersLondon

The Police Gazette, established in 1772 as The Quarterly Pursuit, and later named the Public Hue and Cry and other variants, was originally a weekly newspaper produced by the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police Service.[a] Its primary purpose was to publish notices of wanted criminals with requests for information, and where appropriate to offer rewards.[1][2] In later years it became a bi-monthly publication produced by the College of Policing in London until it ceased publication in 2017.


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  1. ^ The National Archives, Series Reference HO 75, 'Hue and Cry and Police Gazette', 1828–1845 http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=7630&CATLN=3&accessmethod=5&j=1
  2. ^ The Open University Archive, The Police Gazette Collection, ref GB/2315/POLGAZ http://libraryarchive.open.ac.uk/ead/html/gb-2315-polgaz-p1.shtml