LA15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dalton-in-Furness, 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 LA15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LA15, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LA15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LA15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LA15 at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across LA.
In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LA15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (239), other crime (117) and criminal damage and arson (76).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LA15 was 49.4 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 LA15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LA15 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LA15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness 001D | 1,502 | 91.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Barrow-in-Furness 002A | 1,318 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Barrow-in-Furness 002B | 1,444 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Barrow-in-Furness 002C | 1,501 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Barrow-in-Furness 002D | 1,466 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Michelle ScroghamLabourMP for Barrow and Furness
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 LA151
Postcode sectors in LA151
Council1
Towns in LA151
Postcode districts next to LA154
Nearest rail stations4
More in the LA postcode area2
LA15 in brief
LA15 is a postcode district covering Dalton-in-Furness, in Westmorland and Furness.
About 7,654 people lived in LA15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £155,000 in 2025 across 157 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LA15 was £155,000 in 2025.
LA15 had 7,551 usual residents at the census.
In LA15, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LA15, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.