Skip to content
Cumberland Counts — Cumberland, in numbers.Local help →

Wigton · Cumberland

Wigton: your neighbourhood

Wigton electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 23.7% here, compared with 20.5% across Cumberland (3.3 percentage points higher).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

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.

Source →
A proposed response →

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 24.5% here, compared with 27.6% across Cumberland (3.1 percentage points lower).

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.

Source →
A proposed response →

People aged 65 or over: 25.3% here, compared with 23.1% across Cumberland (2.2 percentage points higher).

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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.

Source →
A proposed response →

The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

25.3%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,735 out of 6,847.

Source and method →

People reporting bad or very bad health

6.1%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

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

418 out of 6,847.

Source and method →

People counted in the census

6,847

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

6,847 out of 6,847.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

24.5%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,406 out of 5,730.

Source and method →

Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

54.7%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

1,712 out of 3,132.

Source and method →

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

19%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

595 out of 3,132.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

42.6%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

2,442 out of 5,726.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ in work

55.2%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

3,159 out of 5,726.

Source and method →

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

5.1%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

290 out of 5,726.

Source and method →

People aged 16+ with no qualifications

23.7%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,360 out of 5,730.

Source and method →

Homes rented privately

14%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

429 out of 3,135.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ retired

28.8%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

1,651 out of 5,726.

Source and method →

Homes rented from a council or housing association

18%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

573 out of 3,135.

Source and method →

Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.2%

21 March 2021 · Wigton

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

125 out of 5,726.

Source and method →

Crime and safety

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

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Wigton 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: 38 mapped crimes in September 2024; 37 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 · Wigton
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024385
October 2024314
November 2024341
December 2024300
January 2025314
February 2025261
March 2025293
April 2025183
May 2025341
June 2025331
July 2025355
August 2025485
September 2025276
October 2025270
November 2025333
December 2025462
January 2026451
February 2026400
March 2026252
April 2026350
May 2026422
June 2026412
July 2026362
August 2026372
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 records without usable locations are excluded.

Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.

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 Cumberland →