Kendal Castle
WardSouth Westmorland and Furness. About 6,126 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Kendal Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Kendal Castle compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kendal Castle safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kendal Castle at a rate of 22.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.6 per 1,000 people across Westmorland and Furness.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kendal Castle.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (76), other crime (21) and vehicle crime (10).
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.
Figures for the whole of Westmorland and Furness
These figures are published for the whole of Westmorland and Furness, not for each ward, so they describe all of Westmorland and Furness and not Kendal Castle alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Kendal Castle in brief
Kendal Castle had 6,056 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Kendal Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kendal Castle, 98.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Kendal Castle, 0.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.