LA6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmorland and Furness, Lancaster and North Yorkshire.
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 LA6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LA6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA6 at a rate of 37.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 38 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (237), other crime (93) and anti-social behaviour (50).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA6 was 35.0 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 LA6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA6 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craven 001D | 2,454 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.1% |
| Lancaster 002A | 2,280 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.5% |
| Lancaster 002D | 1,137 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| South Lakeland 009A | 1,100 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| South Lakeland 009B | 1,449 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| South Lakeland 010A | 1,198 | 15.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| South Lakeland 011D | 1,751 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
MPs for LA6
- Lizzi CollingeLabourMP for Morecambe and Lunesdale72% of LA6’s postcodes
- Sir Julian SmithConservativeMP for Skipton and Ripon27% of LA6’s postcodes
- Tim FarronLiberal DemocratMP for Westmorland and Lonsdale1.0% of LA6’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.
Postcode sectors in LA63
Councils LA6 covers3
Postcode districts next to LA67
More in the LA postcode area2
LA6 in brief
LA6 is a postcode district covering Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmorland and Furness, Lancaster and North Yorkshire.
About 13,140 people lived in LA6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £308,000 in 2025 across 195 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA6 was £308,000 in 2025.
LA6 had 12,651 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LA6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA6, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.