Penrith South
WardNorth Westmorland and Furness. About 10,362 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 57% of people in Penrith South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penrith South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Penrith South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penrith South at a rate of 117.0 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, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penrith South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (553), other crime (245) and shoplifting (171).
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 Penrith South alone. See Westmorland and Furness
Penrith South in brief
Penrith South had 9,421 usual residents at the census.
About 57% of people in Penrith South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penrith South, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penrith South, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.