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CA23

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Cleator and Ennerdale Bridge, 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 CA23 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 83% of people in CA23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£132,500
50th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,335
231st least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
83%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
74.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How CA23 compares

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

CA23Middle
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. CA23 is £132,500.
£132,5004th cheapest
Population28 postcode districts, CA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CA28 areas from 275 to 39,888. The middle area is 8,439. CA23 is 1,335.
1,3355th least 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%. CA23 is 83.0%.
83%11th most 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%. CA23 is 74.3%.
74.3%11th lowest

Is CA23 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA23 at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA23.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (37), other crime (22) and criminal damage and arson (13).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA23 was 70.4 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 CA23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA23 has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in CA23

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Copeland 004E1,369102.9 per 1,000384.0%

Your MP

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

Postcode sectors in CA231

Council1

Postcode districts next to CA237

More in the CA postcode area2

CA23 in brief

CA23 is a postcode district covering Cleator and Ennerdale Bridge, in Cumberland.

About 1,278 people lived in CA23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £132,500 in 2025 across 22 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CA23 was £132,500 in 2025.

CA23 had 1,335 usual residents at the census.

About 83% of people in CA23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In CA23, 74.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.