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IC (Identity Codes) Numbers are codes used by the British police to describe a person's apparent ethnicity.

The codes are:
  • IC1- White European
  • IC2- Dark European (e.g. Latino)
  • IC3- Afro-Caribbean
  • IC4- Asian (South Asian)
  • IC5- Oriental (East Asian)
  • IC6- Arab/North African
  • IC7 or 0- Unknown

Used in many a Police Procedural, especially The Bill.

  • Now rarely used outside London, where its continued unofficial use was explained to this Troper, by a Non-Met copper, as the Met trying to be too Hollywood and US TV. Officially the English words are supposed to be used.