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CA1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Carlisle, Harraby and Botcherby, in Cumberland.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CA1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in CA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£139,975
72nd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
25,155
1,161st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How CA1 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

CA1Middle
Median sale price27 postcode districts, CA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CA27 areas from £99,950 to £353,750. The middle area is £212,500. CA1 is £139,975.
£139,9756th cheapest
Population28 postcode districts, CA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CA28 areas from 275 to 39,888. The middle area is 8,439. CA1 is 25,155.
25,1554th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares28 postcode districts, CA · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in CA28 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 60.5%. CA1 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage28 postcode districts, CA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CA28 areas from 7.3% to 97.3%. The middle area is 77.8%. CA1 is 95.1%.
95.1%2nd highest

Is CA1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA1 at a rate of 132.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 301 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,731), other crime (775) and criminal damage and arson (298).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA1 was 139.0 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in CA1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA1 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in CA1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Carlisle 004A1,78475.6 per 1,000698.1%
Carlisle 006B1,675792.7 per 1,000276.8%
Carlisle 006C1,361196.4 per 1,000199.8%
Carlisle 006D1,37057.2 per 1,000599.0%
Carlisle 006E1,363116.5 per 1,000599.6%
Carlisle 010E1,519161.5 per 1,000686.3%
Carlisle 010F1,634150.7 per 1,000297.9%
Carlisle 011A2,116125.9 per 1,000193.4%
Carlisle 011B1,32562.2 per 1,000399.5%
Carlisle 011C1,05199.8 per 1,0002100.0%
Carlisle 011D1,77249.7 per 1,000394.2%
Carlisle 011E1,725132.7 per 1,000394.6%
Carlisle 011F1,541114.5 per 1,000196.0%
Carlisle 013D1,37036.7 per 1,000793.1%
Carlisle 013F1,10950.1 per 1,000792.6%
Carlisle 013J1,804136.7 per 1,000789.2%

MPs for CA1

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in CA13

Postcode sectors in CA14

Council1

Towns in CA11

Postcode districts next to CA14

Nearest rail stations2

More in the CA postcode area2

CA1 in brief

CA1 is a postcode district covering Carlisle, Harraby and Botcherby, in Cumberland.

About 26,529 people lived in CA1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £139,975 in 2025 across 404 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CA1 was £139,975 in 2025.

CA1 had 25,155 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in CA1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In CA1, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.