CA8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brampton, in Cumberland and Northumberland.
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 CA8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 49% of people in CA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CA8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA8 at a rate of 58.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (314), other crime (131) and criminal damage and arson (66).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA8 was 58.2 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 CA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA8 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle 002A | 1,602 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| Carlisle 002B | 1,395 | 138.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Carlisle 002C | 1,548 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Carlisle 002D | 1,940 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.4% |
| Carlisle 007A | 2,159 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.0% |
| Carlisle 007B | 1,965 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.2% |
| Northumberland 037E | 1,002 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 38.7% |
MPs for CA8
- Ms Julie MinnsLabourMP for Carlisle85% of CA8’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham15% of CA8’s postcodes
- Markus Campbell-SavoursLabourMP for Penrith and Solway0.2% of CA8’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 CA81
Postcode sectors in CA85
Councils CA8 covers2
Postcode districts next to CA86
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CA postcode area2
CA8 in brief
CA8 is a postcode district covering Brampton, in Cumberland and Northumberland.
About 10,282 people lived in CA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £252,000 in 2025 across 152 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA8 was £252,000 in 2025.
CA8 had 10,147 usual residents at the census.
About 49% of people in CA8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA8, 76.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.