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Alston and Fellside · Westmorland and Furness

Alston and Fellside: your neighbourhood

Alston and Fellside electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented from a council or housing association: 8% here, compared with 11% across Westmorland and Furness (2.8 percentage points lower).

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 12.1% here, compared with 14.8% across Westmorland and Furness (2.7 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 35.8% here, compared with 33.1% across Westmorland and Furness (2.7 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

27%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,739 out of 6,436.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

4.4%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

284 out of 6,437.

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People counted in the census

6,437

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

6,437 out of 6,437.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

35.8%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,965 out of 5,495.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

46.1%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,300 out of 2,820.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

12.1%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

342 out of 2,820.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

39.6%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,174 out of 5,492.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

58.9%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

3,234 out of 5,492.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.9%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

159 out of 5,492.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

15.4%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

844 out of 5,495.

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Homes rented privately

16%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

439 out of 2,819.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

28.8%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,579 out of 5,492.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

8%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

223 out of 2,819.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.5%

21 March 2021 · Alston and Fellside

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

84 out of 5,492.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Alston and Fellside ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Alston and Fellside ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 20 mapped crimes in September 2024; 29 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Alston and Fellside
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024200
October 2024151
November 2024100
December 2024120
January 2025200
February 2025193
March 2025141
April 2025241
May 2025171
June 2025321
July 2025140
August 2025210
September 2025161
October 2025280
November 2025340
December 2025160
January 202680
February 2026230
March 2026220
April 2026170
May 2026200
June 2026252
July 2026210
August 2026290
Crime categories in the latest complete year

A complete, consecutive 12-month period without an unresolved reporting break is needed before these totals can be shown.

What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for March 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for April 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for May 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh from March 2025 to May 2025.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for August 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. No explicit later refresh identified in the checked changelog.

Publication history: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data not provided for September 2025. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. Later update: Cumbria Constabulary: Crime data refresh for September 2025.

Previous crime-publication gaps are not explicitly resolved in the checked changelog for 2025-08. Published rows are retained, but completeness and year-on-year changes are not established.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Westmorland and Furness →