# CA7

Postcode district covering Wigton and Aspatria, in Cumberland.

CA7 is a postcode district covering Wigton and Aspatria, in Cumberland. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code CA7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca)

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 CA7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CA7 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 22,705** (2021). CA7 had 22,705 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,301st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 59%** (2022). About 59% of people in CA7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.8%** (January 2026). In CA7, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CA7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 59% of people in CA7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CA7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 399 homes were sold in CA7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CA7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CA7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CA7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CA7 had 22,705 usual residents at the census.

## How CA7 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CA7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | 13th cheapest | 27 postcode districts, CA · 2025 |
| Population | 22,705 | 6th most populated | 28 postcode districts, CA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 59% | 14th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 28 postcode districts, CA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 77.8% | joint 14th highest | 28 postcode districts, CA · Jan 2026 |

## Is CA7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CA7 at a rate of 50.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.3 per 1,000 people across the CA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 130 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CA7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (643), other crime (227) and criminal damage and arson (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CA7 was 47.8 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 CA7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CA7 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in CA7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Allerdale 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019126) | 1,622 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| [Allerdale 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019127) | 1,543 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.0% |
| [Allerdale 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019132) | 1,802 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 56.7% |
| [Allerdale 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019134) | 1,360 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Allerdale 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019135) | 1,584 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| [Allerdale 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019136) | 2,037 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| [Allerdale 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019137) | 1,035 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| [Allerdale 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019083) | 1,813 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 47.6% |
| [Allerdale 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019107) | 1,541 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.4% |
| [Allerdale 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019131) | 1,867 | 13.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 42.9% |
| [Allerdale 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019081) | 1,848 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.4% |
| [Allerdale 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019082) | 1,490 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| [Allerdale 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019102) | 1,608 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 27.5% |
| [Allerdale 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019128) | 1,639 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.0% |
| [Allerdale 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019133) | 1,525 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.5% |

## Your MP

- [Penrith and Solway](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/penrith-and-solway): Markus Campbell-Savours (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Westmorland and Lonsdale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/westmorland-and-lonsdale): Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CA7

[Aspatria & Abbeytown](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/aspatria-and-abbeytown), [Boltons, Warnell & Solway Coast](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/boltons-warnell-and-solway-coast), [Wigton & Silloth](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/wigton-and-silloth)

## Postcode sectors in CA7

[CA7 0 (122 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-0), [CA7 1 (105 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-1), [CA7 2 (151 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-2), [CA7 3 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-3), [CA7 4 (202 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-4), [CA7 5 (91 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-5), [CA7 7 (4 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-7), [CA7 8 (147 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-8), [CA7 9 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7-9)

## Council

[Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland)

## Postcode districts next to CA7

[CA5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca5), [CA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca11), [CA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca12), [CA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca13), [CA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca15)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wigton (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.1643,54.8291)

## More in the CA postcode area

[All CA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## CA7 in brief

CA7 is a postcode district covering Wigton and Aspatria, in Cumberland.
About 23,009 people lived in CA7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 399 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CA7 was £200,000 in 2025.
CA7 had 22,705 usual residents at the census.
About 59% of people in CA7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CA7, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CA7
- Postcode area: [CA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca)
- Constituency: [Penrith and Solway †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/penrith-and-solway)
- Council: [Cumberland †](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland)
- Area: 557 km²
- People, mid-2024: 23,009*
- Neighbourhoods: 15
- Output areas: 72

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CA5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca5), [CA13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca13), [CA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca11), [CA15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca15), [CA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca12)

## Latest updates for CA7

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CA7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca7