Cambridgeshire Constabulary

This article is about the police force in the English county of Cambridgeshire. For the police force in the American city of Cambridge, see Cambridge Police Department.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary
MottoCreating a safer Cambridgeshire
Agency overview
Formed1836, 1965 (merger)
Preceding agencies
Volunteers84
Annual budget£134 million (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCambridgeshire & Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Map of police area
Size1,311 square miles (3,400 km2)[1]
Population0.856 million[1]
Legal jurisdictionEngland and Wales
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersHinchingbrooke, Huntingdon
Police officers1,383[2]
PCSOs115
Police and Crime Commissioner responsible
Agency executive
  • Nick Dean, Chief Constable
Area Commands
Facilities
Stations
12
Website
www.cambs.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Cambridgeshire Constabulary's HQ in Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of 1,311 square miles (3,400 km2) and population of 856,000 people,[1] in a predominantly rural county. The force of Cambridgeshire includes the cities of Cambridge, Ely and Peterborough, the market towns of Chatteris, Huntingdon, March, Ramsey, St Ives, St Neots, Whittlesey, and town and Port of Wisbech. Its emblem is a crowned Brunswick star containing the heraldic badge of Cambridgeshire County Council.[3]

According to a government report in July 2018 on policing numbers,[4] the force consists of 1,383 police officers (giving the county a ratio of 163 officers per 100,000 people), 111 police community support officers and 778 members of staff. Together with 229 special constables and 84 police support volunteers. It had a budget in for the year of 2018 of £134 million,[5] of which £78.4 million (58.5%) came directly as an annual grant from the Home Office and the rest from local council taxes.

The chief constable is Nick Dean. The force is overseen by the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Overview: Cambridgeshire Constabulary". HMICFRS. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2018". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ East of England Region Civic Heraldry of England and Wales (retrieved 7 December 2021)
  4. ^ "Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2018". Home Office. 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Finance". Cambridgeshire Constabulary. 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Contact Us". Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner. 16 July 2019.