PL1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Stonehouse and Millbay, in Plymouth.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PL1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL1, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL1 at a rate of 312.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 930 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,582), anti-social behaviour (1,710) and other crime (1,549).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL1 was 289.5 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in PL1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL1 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 024C | 1,659 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Plymouth 026B | 1,462 | 207.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| Plymouth 026C | 1,918 | 330.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| Plymouth 026D | 2,015 | 175.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.2% |
| Plymouth 026E | 2,379 | 185.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.3% |
| Plymouth 027C | 2,514 | 413.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.2% |
| Plymouth 027E | 2,012 | 868.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 69.1% |
| Plymouth 033A | 1,818 | 215.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Plymouth 033B | 1,723 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Plymouth 033C | 1,809 | 220.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Plymouth 034A | 1,855 | 316.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% |
| Plymouth 034B | 1,178 | 459.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 034C | 1,457 | 299.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.1% |
| Plymouth 034D | 1,214 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.2% |
| Plymouth 034E | 1,043 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 56.8% |
MPs for PL1
- Luke PollardLabour (Co-op)MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport97% of PL1’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon3.2% of PL1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PL13
Postcode sectors in PL16
Council1
Towns in PL11
Postcode districts next to PL15
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL1 in brief
PL1 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Stonehouse and Millbay, in Plymouth.
About 29,372 people lived in PL1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 327 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 312.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL1 was £185,000 in 2025.
PL1 had 26,994 usual residents at the census.
In PL1, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL1, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.