Cambridgeshire Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Roy Wilsher is HMI for Cambridgeshire.

This force is in the Eastern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Our PEEL (police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy), and other force assessments give you information about how your local police force has performed in several important areas.

In our latest assessments of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

Outstanding	Good	Adequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Police powers and treating the public fairly and respectfully	Preventing and deterring crime and antisocial behaviour, and reducing vulnerability	Investigating crime	Leadership and force management	Responding to the public
	Building, supporting and protecting the workforce	Protecting vulnerable people		Managing offenders and suspects
				Tackling serious and organised crime

Read our other reports for Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Cambridgeshire Constabulary – August 2024
A report into the effectiveness of vetting and counter-corruption arrangements in Cambridgeshire Constabulary – November 2022
Cambridgeshire – National child protection inspection – December 2021

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

1,311 square miles

Population

0.86m people

8% local 10 yr change

Workforce

93% frontline police officers

92% national level

2.90 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

1% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.06 per person

0.06 national level

13% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

48p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Cambridgeshire Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Cambridgeshire. The police force area covers 1,309 square miles with in the east of England.

Although there are some areas of deprivation, Cambridgeshire is generally affluent.

Around 0.8 million people mainly live the urban centres which include the cities of Cambridge, Ely and Peterborough. This resident population is ethnically diverse, with 10 percent from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and is increased by students who study in the area’s universities and the large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

More about this area – What Cambridgeshire Constabulary says

Connect with Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Cambridgeshire Constabulary website

Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s website