Cumbria Constabulary

His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMI): Lee Freeman is HMI for Cumbria.

This force is in the Northern HMICFRS policing region.

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About the force

HMICFRS’s assessment of Cumbria 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 Cumbria Constabulary, we made the following judgments:

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

Read our other reports for Cumbria Constabulary

Report on an inspection visit to police custody suites in Cumbria – March 2023

Key facts – 2019/20

Force Area

2,634 square miles

Population

0.5m people

No change local 10 yr change

Workforce

88% frontline police officers

92% national level

3.86 per 1000 population

3.69 national level

6% 10yr change in local workforce

5% 10yr national change

Victim-based crimes

0.05 per person

0.06 national level

10% Local 5 year trend

9% National 5 year trend

Cost

64p per person per day local

59p per person per day national

About the force

Cumbria Constabulary provides policing services to the county of Cumbria. The police force area covers 2,613 square miles with approximately 200 miles of coastline in the north west of England.

Although there are some very affluent areas, Cumbria generally has a high level of poverty.

Around 0.5 million people live in a predominantly rural setting. It has small, distinct urban areas that include the city of Carlisle, and the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Workington and Penrith. The resident population is increased by university students and by the very large numbers who visit or travel through the county each year.

The transport infrastructure also includes major rail stations and sea ports.

More about this area – What Cumbria Constabulary says

Connect with Cumbria Constabulary

Cumbria Constabulary Police website

Cumbria Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner’s website