LA5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Carnforth, Arnside and Bolton-le-Sands, in Lancaster 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 LA5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA5 at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (294), anti-social behaviour (128) and other crime (106).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA5 was 46.8 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 LA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA5 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster 001A | 1,048 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Lancaster 001B | 1,621 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Lancaster 001C | 1,507 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Lancaster 001D | 1,343 | 127.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.5% |
| Lancaster 001E | 2,098 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Lancaster 001F | 1,055 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| Lancaster 001G | 1,270 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.9% |
| Lancaster 003A | 1,431 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| Lancaster 003B | 1,594 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| Lancaster 003E | 1,445 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| South Lakeland 011F | 2,502 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
Your MP
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale
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 LA52
Postcode sectors in LA54
Councils LA5 covers2
Postcode districts next to LA53
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LA postcode area2
LA5 in brief
LA5 is a postcode district covering Carnforth, Arnside and Bolton-le-Sands, in Lancaster and Westmorland and Furness.
About 16,270 people lived in LA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £264,500 in 2025 across 304 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA5 was £264,500 in 2025.
LA5 had 16,370 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA5, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.