LA20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Broughton in Furness, Broughton Mills and Ulpha, in Westmorland and Furness and 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 LA20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 81% of people in LA20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA20 at a rate of 31.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (14), violence and sexual offences (12) and anti-social behaviour (5).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA20 was 30.9 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 LA20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA20 has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lakeland 008A | 1,031 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.0% |
Your MP
- Michelle ScroghamLabourMP for Barrow and Furness
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 LA201
Councils LA20 covers2
Postcode districts next to LA207
More in the LA postcode area2
LA20 in brief
LA20 is a postcode district covering Broughton in Furness, Broughton Mills and Ulpha, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland.
About 1,133 people lived in LA20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 18 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 31.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA20 was £280,000 in 2025.
LA20 had 1,142 usual residents at the census.
About 81% of people in LA20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA20, 61.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.