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Cumbria Constabulary — Stop and Search

Stop-and-search activity for Cumbria Constabulary over the last 12 months. Data from data.police.uk.

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Latest reported month: June 2026

Stops recorded

582

Arrest rate

19.2%

share leading to arrest

Most searched for

  • Controlled drugs403
  • Article for use in theft73
  • Offensive weapons64
  • Not stated37
  • Evidence of wildlife offences4
  • Fireworks1

Outcomes

  • A no further action disposal385
  • Arrest112
  • Community resolution46
  • Not stated36
  • Summons / charged by post2
  • Caution (simple or conditional)1

Ethnicity composition of stops

  • White496 (85.2%)
  • Not stated34 (5.8%)
  • Asian26 (4.5%)
  • Other15 (2.6%)
  • Black11 (1.9%)
These percentages are the composition of stops, not a population-adjusted disparity ratio. Arrest rate is a consistently-recorded outcome; other outcomes are recorded unevenly. Compare Cumbria Constabulary against every other force in the stop & search explorer.

Source: data.police.uk stop & search (Open Government Licence v3.0), June 2026.

Stops, last 12 months

8,216

Arrest rate

13.1%

share leading to arrest

Months

12

Monthly trend

MonthStopsArrest rate
2025-0581511.2%
2025-0691411.1%
2025-076589.9%
2025-0865313.8%
2025-0953612.3%
2025-1070513.9%
2025-1166613.4%
2025-1277312.9%
2026-0166614.3%
2026-0255313.9%
2026-0365513.6%
2026-0462219.1%

Top objects of search

  • Controlled drugs6,051
  • Article for use in theft827
  • Offensive weapons752
  • (unknown)507
  • Fireworks34
  • Game or poaching equipment14

Top outcomes

  • A no further action disposal5,943
  • Arrest1,080
  • (unknown)680
  • Community resolution435
  • Summons / charged by post67
  • Caution (simple or conditional)11

By self-defined ethnicity

  • White - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British5,129 (62.4%)
  • (unknown)1,480 (18.0%)
  • Other ethnic group - Not stated937 (11.4%)
  • White - Any other White background268 (3.3%)
  • Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background129 (1.6%)
  • Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group52 (0.6%)
  • Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background50 (0.6%)
  • Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African43 (0.5%)

Ethnicity figures are subject-recorded under PACE Code A. Population context is essential for any disparity analysis — see Use-of-Force Disparities for force-level context.

Source: data.police.uk · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-06-27.