CA28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whitehaven and Hensingham, 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 CA28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 97% of people in CA28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CA28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA28 at a rate of 88.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 209 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,306), other crime (509) and criminal damage and arson (237).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA28 was 92.8 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 CA28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA28 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland 001C | 1,304 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.0% |
| Copeland 001E | 2,358 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 36.9% |
| Copeland 002A | 1,415 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| Copeland 002B | 1,448 | 526.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 70.7% |
| Copeland 002C | 1,118 | 165.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.9% |
| Copeland 002D | 1,204 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Copeland 003A | 1,657 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.6% |
| Copeland 003B | 1,598 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Copeland 003C | 1,154 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Copeland 003D | 1,363 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Copeland 003E | 1,318 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.3% |
| Copeland 003F | 1,082 | No figure | 9 | 100.0% |
| Copeland 003G | 1,341 | 15.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Copeland 005A | 1,436 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.6% |
| Copeland 005B | 1,060 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Copeland 005C | 1,403 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Copeland 005D | 1,453 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Copeland 005E | 1,390 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Copeland 005F | 1,577 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Copeland 005G | 1,506 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
Your MP
- Josh MacAlisterLabourMP for Whitehaven and Workington
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 CA284
Postcode sectors in CA285
Council1
Towns in CA281
Postcode districts next to CA285
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CA postcode area2
CA28 in brief
CA28 is a postcode district covering Whitehaven and Hensingham, in Cumberland.
About 28,262 people lived in CA28 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 500 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA28 was £160,000 in 2025.
CA28 had 27,607 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in CA28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA28, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.