Cumbria Constabulary

Cumbria Constabulary
MottoSafer, stronger Cumbria
Agency overview
Formed1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Preceding agencies
  • Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary
  • Kendal Borough Police
  • Carlisle City Police
Employees2,151[1]
Volunteers142[1]
Annual budget£94 million[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction
, England
Map of police area
Size2,634 square miles (6,820 km2)[2]
Population500,000[2]
Legal jurisdictionEngland and Wales
Governing bodyHome Office
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen by
HeadquartersCarleton Hall, Penrith
Constables1,121[3]
Police community support officers99
Police and crime commissioner responsible
Agency executive
Territorial police areas
  • Cumberland
  • Westmorland & Furness
Facilities
Stations14
Website
www.cumbria.police.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Cumbria Constabulary is the territorial police force in England covering the unitary authority areas of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. As of September 2017, the force had 1,108 police officers, 535 police staff, 93 police community support officers, and 86 special constables.[4]

The force serves a population of 500,000 across an area of 2,634 square miles (6,820 km2).[2] There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the area has one of the smallest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 3.0%. Each year, the force's area, which incorporates the Lake District National Park, attracts over 23 million visitors from all over the world (46 times the local population). The area has 67 miles (108 km) of motorway and some 700 miles (1,100 km) of trunk and primary roads.

The chief constable is Rob Carden.[5] The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall, Penrith.

  1. ^ a b c "Cumbria | Home Office". Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service". HMICFRS. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Tables for 'Police workforce, England and Wales, 31 March 2013". HM Government. Office for National Statistics. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Police workforce, England and Wales: 30 September 2017". Gov.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Chief Constable – Rob Carden". Cumbria Constabulary. Retrieved 29 May 2018.