CA3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Carlisle, Belah and Knowefield, 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 CA3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CA3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA3 at a rate of 165.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 240 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (947), other crime (555) and shoplifting (420).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA3 was 140.4 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 CA3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA3 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle 003A | 1,555 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Carlisle 003B | 1,367 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Carlisle 003C | 1,668 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.4% |
| Carlisle 003D | 1,451 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| Carlisle 003E | 1,447 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.4% |
| Carlisle 004B | 1,497 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.5% |
| Carlisle 004D | 1,895 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Carlisle 004E | 1,410 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Carlisle 006F | 1,235 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
Your MP
- Ms Julie MinnsLabourMP for Carlisle
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 CA32
Postcode sectors in CA33
Council1
Towns in CA31
Postcode districts next to CA33
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CA postcode area2
CA3 in brief
CA3 is a postcode district covering Carlisle, Belah and Knowefield, in Cumberland.
About 15,283 people lived in CA3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 291 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 165.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA3 was £220,000 in 2025.
CA3 had 14,415 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA3, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.