CA4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Scotby and Wetheral, in Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness.
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 CA4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in CA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CA4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA4 at a rate of 36.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (189), other crime (93) and drug offences (47).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA4 was 32.9 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 CA4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA4 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle 004F | 2,184 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.7% |
| Carlisle 007D | 1,571 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.4% |
| Carlisle 007E | 1,642 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 65.5% |
| Eden 002A | 1,888 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.1% |
MPs for CA4
- Ms Julie MinnsLabourMP for Carlisle57% of CA4’s postcodes
- Markus Campbell-SavoursLabourMP for Penrith and Solway43% of CA4’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 CA41
Postcode sectors in CA43
Councils CA4 covers2
Postcode districts next to CA48
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CA postcode area2
CA4 in brief
CA4 is a postcode district covering Scotby and Wetheral, in Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness.
About 10,588 people lived in CA4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,000 in 2025 across 175 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA4 was £277,000 in 2025.
CA4 had 9,972 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in CA4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA4, 70.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.