BORROWDALE ROAD, CA28 9RW House Prices & Local Information

CA28 9RW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Borrowdale Road, 0.4km from Mirehouse West in Whitehaven. Administratively it sits within Egremont North and St Bees ward and the Copeland constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CA28 9RW is a transitional terrace area — improving but still facing economic pressures. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. A balanced community with an average age of 36 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 46% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £100k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CA28 9RW are sourced from Output Area E00097521 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.