CA17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kirkby Stephen and Brough, 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 CA17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CA17, 61.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CA17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CA17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA17 at a rate of 49.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across CA.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (117), other crime (60) and criminal damage and arson (25).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA17 was 42.6 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 CA17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA17 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CA17
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 CA171
Postcode sectors in CA171
Council1
Postcode districts next to CA176
More in the CA postcode area2
CA17 in brief
CA17 is a postcode district covering Kirkby Stephen and Brough, in Westmorland and Furness.
About 5,026 people lived in CA17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £285,000 in 2025 across 81 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA17 was £285,000 in 2025.
CA17 had 4,961 usual residents at the census.
In CA17, 61.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CA17, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.