LA9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kendal, Kirkbarrow and Sandylands, in 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 LA9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in LA9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LA9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA9 at a rate of 77.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across the LA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 206 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,168), other crime (473) and criminal damage and arson (220).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA9 was 74.7 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 LA9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA9 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lakeland 003A | 1,875 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| South Lakeland 003B | 2,617 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| South Lakeland 003C | 2,111 | 164.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| South Lakeland 003D | 2,277 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| South Lakeland 004A | 2,061 | 261.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.7% |
| South Lakeland 004B | 1,906 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| South Lakeland 004C | 2,061 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| South Lakeland 004D | 2,292 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| South Lakeland 005A | 1,780 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| South Lakeland 005B | 1,846 | 16.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| South Lakeland 005C | 1,705 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| South Lakeland 006A | 1,792 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Lakeland 006C | 2,217 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Lakeland 006D | 1,932 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| South Lakeland 006H | 1,219 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| South Lakeland 006I | 1,773 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| South Lakeland 010D | 2,155 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 61.2% |
Your MP
- Tim FarronLiberal DemocratMP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
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 LA94
Postcode sectors in LA95
Council1
Towns in LA91
Postcode districts next to LA91
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LA postcode area2
LA9 in brief
LA9 is a postcode district covering Kendal, Kirkbarrow and Sandylands, in Westmorland and Furness.
About 32,306 people lived in LA9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £259,250 in 2025 across 580 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA9 was £259,250 in 2025.
LA9 had 31,582 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in LA9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LA9, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.