LA12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ulverston and Croftlands, 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 LA12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LA12, 81.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LA12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA12 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across LA.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (571), other crime (240) and criminal damage and arson (116).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA12 was 51.4 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 LA12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA12 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 LA12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness 001C | 1,304 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.4% |
| South Lakeland 007C | 1,709 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 32.2% |
| South Lakeland 008D | 1,749 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.4% |
| South Lakeland 012A | 1,937 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| South Lakeland 012B | 2,336 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.9% |
| South Lakeland 012C | 1,984 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| South Lakeland 012D | 1,852 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| South Lakeland 014A | 1,541 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| South Lakeland 014B | 1,478 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| South Lakeland 014C | 1,183 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 67.9% |
| South Lakeland 014D | 1,743 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| South Lakeland 014E | 1,972 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
MPs for LA12
- Michelle ScroghamLabourMP for Barrow and Furness81% of LA12’s postcodes
- Tim FarronLiberal DemocratMP for Westmorland and Lonsdale19% of LA12’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.
Middle areas in LA123
Postcode sectors in LA125
Council1
Towns in LA121
Postcode districts next to LA128
More in the LA postcode area2
LA12 in brief
LA12 is a postcode district covering Ulverston and Croftlands, in Westmorland and Furness.
About 20,821 people lived in LA12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 364 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA12 was £270,000 in 2025.
LA12 had 20,097 usual residents at the census.
In LA12, 81.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LA12, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.