Police investigate following swastika graffiti in Cumbria

Officers are urging anyone with information to come forward

Police have launched an appeal for information
Author: Natalia AntoniwPublished 19th Dec 2025

Cumbria police are investigating a report of graffiti after a swastika was painted on a van in Carlisle.

Officers say a red Peugeot Van parked on Canal Street was spray painted with the offensive symbol.

They don't know the exact date when it happened, but believe it to have been between the evening of 12th December and the morning of 17th December.

Anyone who has any information on the incident can report it online or by calling 101 and quoting incident number 28 of 17 December 2025.

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