CA11 8SZ Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

CA11 8SZ is a postcode in Penrith North, Westmorland and Furness, North West, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near CA11 8SZ, then scores the surrounding small area 65/100 - top 27% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around CA11 8SZ are health and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for CA11 8SZ is based on Eden 001 Census 2021. It covers 6,433 residents, 15 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 52, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 76% owner-occupied, 16% privately rented, 8% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 6/10.

For property prices near CA11 8SZ, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the CA11 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £210k from 90 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near CA11 8SZ by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near CA11 8SZ; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.