# Workington Town in Cumberland, North West. Workington is a town in Cumberland, North West. Median sale price £135,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 132.5 per 1,000 people. About 21,834 people. Town. Code E63000268. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) Workington is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Workington add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £135,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Workington was £135,000 in 2025. Joint 19th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/workington#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 21,276** (2021). Workington had 21,276 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 514th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/workington#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Workington 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/town/workington#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.6%** (January 2026). In Workington, 94.6% 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/town/workington#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000268) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Workington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000268) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 354 homes were sold in Workington in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000268) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Workington. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000268) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Workington had 21,276 usual residents at the census. ## How Workington compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Workington | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £135,000 | joint 4th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 | | Population | 21,276 | 76th least populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.6% | 54th lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Workington safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Workington at a rate of 132.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 293 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Workington. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,313), other crime (543) and criminal damage and arson (293). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Workington was 134.9 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 Workington, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Workington has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Workington | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Allerdale 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019116) | 1,134 | 570.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.6% | | [Allerdale 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019118) | 1,274 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% | | [Allerdale 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019122) | 1,357 | 283.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.7% | | [Allerdale 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019111) | 1,872 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% | | [Allerdale 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019112) | 1,684 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% | | [Allerdale 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019113) | 1,676 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% | | [Allerdale 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019120) | 1,541 | 171.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% | | [Allerdale 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019121) | 1,838 | 211.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% | | [Allerdale 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019108) | 1,533 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% | | [Allerdale 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019109) | 1,736 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% | | [Allerdale 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019110) | 1,585 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% | | [Allerdale 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019117) | 1,353 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% | | [Allerdale 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019119) | 1,462 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% | | [Allerdale 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/neighbourhood/e01019100) | 2,064 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.8% | ## Your MP - [Whitehaven and Workington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/whitehaven-and-workington): Josh MacAlister (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) ## Postcode districts covering Workington [CA14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca14) ## Middle areas in Workington [Workington East](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/workington-east), [Workington West](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland/workington-west) ## Towns near Workington [Whitehaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitehaven), [Maryport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maryport), [Cockermouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cockermouth) ## Workington in brief Workington is a town in Cumberland, North West. About 21,834 people lived in Workington in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £135,000 in 2025 across 354 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 132.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Workington was £135,000 in 2025. Workington had 21,276 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Workington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Workington, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000268 - Constituency: [Whitehaven and Workington †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/whitehaven-and-workington) - Council: [Cumberland †](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) - Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 7.28 km² - People, mid-2024: 21,834* - Neighbourhoods: 14 - Output areas: 75 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Whitehaven](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitehaven), [Maryport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maryport), [Cockermouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cockermouth) ## Latest updates for Workington - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000268 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/workington, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/workington#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. 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