If you complain about Cumbria Constabulary and ask for a review, the reviewing body found the force's original outcome was not reasonable and proportionate in 21.0% of 62 completed reviews in 2024/25, the 25th highest of 43 forces and 3.5 points below the national figure of 24.5%. Cumbria Constabulary recorded 26,757 stop and searches between 2023-07 to 2026-06, and 76.6% ended in no further action.

21%

of completed reviews found Cumbria Constabulary's own complaint outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

IOPC, 2024/25. 13 of 62 reviews.

513

complaint cases per 1,000 employees

IOPC, 2024/25. 1,117 cases, 2,178 employees.

76.6%

of stop and searches ended in no further action

data.police.uk, 2023-07 to 2026-06. 18,516 of 24,186 recorded outcomes.

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Recorded use of force by Cumbria Constabulary has risen 126.3% since 2020/21, from 5,194 reports to 11,754.

Source: Home Office use of force statistics, 2024/25. Figures as published; see the tables on this page for the full denominators.

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Complaints about Cumbria Constabulary

Complaint cases logged	1,117
Employees	2,178
Cases per 1,000 employees	512.9 (8th of 44)
Review applications to the local policing body	44
Review applications to the IOPC	7

Where reviews found the outcome was not reasonable and proportionate

Route	Reviews completed	Outcome overturned	Rate
Local policing body, complaint not investigated	49	9	18.4%

Stop and search by Cumbria Constabulary

Searches recorded	26,757
Period	2023-07 to 2026-06
Months of data	36 of 36
Ended in no further action	76.6%

What Cumbria Constabulary searched people for

Stated object of search	Searches
Controlled drugs	19,759
Article for use in theft	2,465
Offensive weapons	2,433
Stolen goods	970
Fireworks	154

Who Cumbria Constabulary searched

Officer-defined ethnicity	Searches	Share
White	20,700	93.2%
Asian	678	3.1%
Other	441	2.0%
Black	389	1.8%

Calculated over the 22,208 searches where an officer recorded an ethnicity, which is 83.0% of all searches by this force.

Compared with who lives in the Cumbria Constabulary area

Ethnic group	Share of searches	Share of residents	Ratio
Asian	3.1%	1.0%	3.1x
White	93.2%	97.6%	1.0x

What this ratio is and is not. It compares the share of searches to the share of people resident in this force area at the 2021 Census. It takes no account of who is present in a place rather than living there, which matters most in city centres and transport hubs. A ratio above one means a group is searched more often than its resident share, and that is a pattern requiring explanation, not evidence of discrimination in itself. Groups under 0.5% of the resident population are omitted because the figure becomes unstable. Every force compared.

Recording gaps. Cumbria Constabulary did not record an outcome for 9.6% of its searches, and did not record officer-defined ethnicity for 17.0% over this period. Percentages on this page are calculated only over the records where the relevant field was actually recorded.

Use of force by Cumbria Constabulary

Year	Use of force reports	Relative volume
2020/21	5,194
2021/22	2,706
2022/23	5,797
2023/24	11,303
2024/25	11,754

Recorded use of force by Cumbria Constabulary has risen 126.3% since 2020/21. Nationally the total rose 39.4% over the same period, so this force is rising faster than the national trend.

Taser use

Total recorded Taser uses	434
Of which discharged	26
Share actually discharged	6.0%

Most recorded Taser use is drawing, aiming or red-dotting rather than firing. The share actually discharged is the figure worth knowing.

Complaining to Cumbria Constabulary

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Cumbria Constabulary official websiteSource: data.police.uk
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What you can do about it

Complaining to a force and bringing a claim against it are different processes with different outcomes. Reviews overturn the force's own finding in roughly a quarter of cases nationally, which makes the review stage worth understanding before you use it.

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Cumbria Constabulary in the news

The five most recent reports mentioning this force, collected automatically. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named. We do not edit, summarise or endorse them, and inclusion here does not imply any finding against anyone.

Woman missing from Ulverston Cumbria Police · 29 Aug 2026
Have you seen missing man from Keswick? Cumbria Police · 28 Aug 2026
Former police officer appears in court accused of rape and sexual assault News & Star · 24 Aug 2026
Cumbria police adequate at investigating crime – inspection finds Cumbria Crack · 20 Aug 2026
Cumbria Police carried out 3,748 stop and searches in first six months of 2026 NW Mail · 20 Aug 2026

Sources

Independent Office for Police Conduct, police complaints statistics for England and Wales, 2024/25.
data.police.uk stop and search API, 2023-07 to 2026-06. Accessed 2026-08-29.
Home Office police use of force statistics, England and Wales, 2024/25.

Data last refreshed 29 August 2026, covering 2023-07 to 2026-06. Every figure on this page is recomputed from the source datasets, not edited by hand. Found something wrong? Tell us.