Neighbourhood policing team
Your Neighbourhood Policing Team is a group of Cumbria Police officers dedicated to serving your community by focusing on local crime, disorder and quality of life issues.
We work closely with local authorities, partner agencies, community leaders and residents to decide on policing priorities for your neighbourhood through the Local Focus Hubs.
By working together we aim to find solutions to longstanding local problems while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Cumbria.
If you want to receive updates about what we’re doing in your area, want to contact us easily with your feedback or get the latest news and job alerts, you can sign up to receive our newsletters and area updates. You'll receive emails or text messages about the issues you tell us you want to know about.
Crimes and priorities
-
Priority:
Action taken:
-
Priority:
YOU SAID
Off Road Bikes - causing issues at Cleator Moor and Frizington
Information from Calls for service and Local residents.Priority raised 19.04.2026
Action taken:
With the lighter nights and warmer weather we have seen an increase in calls for service for nuisance off road bikes, we are planning an operation in the coming weeks to address this issue and will be targeting problem areas and utilising the use of the drone to assist us in identifying offenders
12.06.2026 - Officers were out throughout the afternoon, stopping a number of vehicles and engaging with drivers to ensure they were complying with road traffic laws. The operation focused on identifying issues which can put road users at risk, with offences dealt with including:
• driving without insurance
• vehicle defects
• using vehicles in a dangerous or unroadworthy condition
• drug and alcohol-related driving offencesOne driver was arrested for failing to provide documents and driving without insurance. Two drivers were arrested for positive drug driving. A further two drivers had negative breath tests.
-
Priority:
YOU SAID
illegally parked and speeding vehicles are causing issues in the area of Ennerdale BridgeAction taken:
WE DID
High visibility patrols conducted
liaising with Parish Council to assist with the use of their Speed Indicator Device (SID)
Static speed checks conducted - no vehicles driving over the limit at this time