222 people were arrested in Cumbria over Christmas and new year by Cumbria police.
The constabulary said officers also carried out 347 stop and searches and its activity included targeting drink and drug driving under Operation Limit, violence against women and girls, personal safety, retail and targeting wanted people.
As part of Operation Limit, officers stopped 1,479 drivers. In total, 165 people were arrested for driving offences and of those, 50 were arrested for drink driving and 94 for drug driving.
Visibility within town and city centre areas was increased throughout the period, the force added.
Officers conducted 355 licensing visits to premises across the county. These visits were conducted to support licensees in collective efforts to keep their customers safe.
Throughout December, its fraud prevent & protect team was out across Cumbria as part of the force’s Don’t Make Their Christmas Campaign to provide advice and guidance to the public.
An advertising campaign ran across Carlisle and Barrow on bus stops throughout December, containing advice to protect against fraud.
A campaign also ran to highlight action taken to prevent violence against women and girls, with the force using bus advertisements and a van with a digital screen.
Assistant Chief Constable Dave Stalker said: “Over the festive season our officers and staff have worked incredibly hard to keep our communities safe.
“This period is often the busiest time of the year and the results highlighted are just a small part of the work our officers and staff do.
“While we have a visible presence in our communities, there is a lot of unseen work to keep people safe and target those involved in criminality.
“Increased staffing over the festive period has meant more officers on patrol and specific operation carried out to target those committing offences.
“We also look at how we can prevent criminality by engaging with local businesses and communities, as well as running public awareness campaigns to provide people with advice.
“Our work does not stop here and will continue into 2026, but we continue to need the public’s help to provide the vital information to us to investigate and prevent crime.
“By contacting us with information you are making an important contribution which may lead to a criminal being locked up, a victim securing justice or our policing service being able to prevent offence before they have happened.”
Cumbria’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner David Allen said: “The festive period can be amongst the busiest time in the law enforcement calendar, with lots of demands on staffing and resources, from road traffic matters to an increase in cases of domestic abuse.
“These results show the hard work, intelligence-led approach and dedication that Cumbria Constabulary’s staff and officers demonstrate on a daily basis.
“The officers and police staff across Cumbria put themselves in harms way during that period to keep us and our families safe and secure.
“This season has seen an increase in visibility of policing as well as a targeting of those that offend and who are involved in criminality.
“Cumbria is an incredibly safe county and is kept that way by the dedicated professionals that work day in, day out, to keep it that way.
“This festive season is a testament to that work and I would like to thank them publicly for that.”
