CA2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Carlisle, Currock and Denton Holme, 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 CA2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CA2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA2 at a rate of 90.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 325 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,700), other crime (839) and criminal damage and arson (447).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA2 was 86.2 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 CA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA2 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle 005A | 1,367 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 005B | 1,366 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Carlisle 005D | 1,313 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Carlisle 005E | 1,306 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Carlisle 006A | 1,022 | 721.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.2% |
| Carlisle 008A | 1,601 | 168.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Carlisle 008B | 1,311 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 008C | 1,495 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.5% |
| Carlisle 008D | 1,513 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Carlisle 008E | 1,293 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 009A | 2,004 | 121.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Carlisle 009B | 2,159 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Carlisle 009C | 1,561 | 154.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Carlisle 009D | 1,717 | 116.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Carlisle 009E | 1,406 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 009F | 1,317 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Carlisle 010A | 1,363 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Carlisle 010B | 1,521 | 427.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.9% |
| Carlisle 010C | 1,731 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Carlisle 010D | 1,565 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Carlisle 012A | 1,453 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 012B | 1,344 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 012C | 1,210 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Carlisle 012D | 1,373 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 012E | 1,164 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 013E | 1,694 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Carlisle 013G | 1,570 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Carlisle 013H | 1,230 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
MPs for CA2
- Ms Julie MinnsLabourMP for Carlisle92% of CA2’s postcodes
- Markus Campbell-SavoursLabourMP for Penrith and Solway8.3% of CA2’s postcodes
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 CA25
Postcode sectors in CA24
Council1
Towns in CA21
Postcode districts next to CA25
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CA postcode area2
CA2 in brief
CA2 is a postcode district covering Carlisle, Currock and Denton Holme, in Cumberland.
About 41,433 people lived in CA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 692 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA2 was £140,000 in 2025.
CA2 had 39,888 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CA2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA2, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.