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LA14

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Barrow-in-Furness, Hindpool and Ormsgill, 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 LA14 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In LA14, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£138,000
68th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
37,167
550th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How LA14 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

LA14Middle
Median sale price23 postcode districts, LA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in LA23 areas from £137,250 to £473,750. The middle area is £264,500. LA14 is £138,000.
£138,0002nd cheapest
Population23 postcode districts, LA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in LA23 areas from 964 to 55,853. The middle area is 9,244. LA14 is 37,167.
37,1672nd most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage23 postcode districts, LA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in LA23 areas from 12.4% to 98.5%. The middle area is 86.1%. LA14 is 92.3%.
92.3%7th highest
Claimant rate23 postcode districts, LA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in LA23 areas from 0.8% to 4.9%. The middle area is 1.6%. LA14 is 3.2%.
3.2%3rd highest

Is LA14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA14 at a rate of 131.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across LA.

In August 2026 alone, 422 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA14.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,234), other crime (994) and criminal damage and arson (490).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA14 was 135.3 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 LA14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA14 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in LA14

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Barrow-in-Furness 003A1,33531.8 per 1,000892.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 003B1,00527.8 per 1,000989.9%
Barrow-in-Furness 003C1,28928.8 per 1,000972.9%
Barrow-in-Furness 003D1,342113.7 per 1,000869.8%
Barrow-in-Furness 004A1,389490.9 per 1,000186.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 004B1,18191.1 per 1,000397.8%
Barrow-in-Furness 004C1,524134.4 per 1,000186.1%
Barrow-in-Furness 004D1,415116.9 per 1,000288.2%
Barrow-in-Furness 004E1,24766.9 per 1,000298.5%
Barrow-in-Furness 005A1,36439.5 per 1,000599.7%
Barrow-in-Furness 005C1,38260.5 per 1,000899.5%
Barrow-in-Furness 005D1,23067.7 per 1,0006100.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 005E1,181159.6 per 1,0003100.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 008A1,189552.0 per 1,000189.3%
Barrow-in-Furness 008B1,35081.7 per 1,0001100.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 008C1,452253.9 per 1,000194.6%
Barrow-in-Furness 008D1,308455.2 per 1,000191.9%
Barrow-in-Furness 008E1,110152.4 per 1,000199.7%
Barrow-in-Furness 009A1,68823.0 per 1,000679.1%
Barrow-in-Furness 009C1,40851.4 per 1,000594.6%
Barrow-in-Furness 009E1,34352.1 per 1,0004100.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 009F2,24660.7 per 1,000386.3%
Barrow-in-Furness 010A1,154109.3 per 1,000295.5%
Barrow-in-Furness 010B1,059211.4 per 1,000196.4%
Barrow-in-Furness 010C1,35043.0 per 1,000896.6%
Barrow-in-Furness 010D1,20231.6 per 1,0005100.0%
Barrow-in-Furness 010E1,28262.8 per 1,000496.3%

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LA14 in brief

LA14 is a postcode district covering Barrow-in-Furness, Hindpool and Ormsgill, in Westmorland and Furness.

About 37,633 people lived in LA14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £138,000 in 2025 across 582 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 131.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in LA14 was £138,000 in 2025.

LA14 had 37,167 usual residents at the census.

In LA14, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In LA14, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.