PL21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ivybridge and Modbury, in South Hams.
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 PL21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL21, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL21 at a rate of 45.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (401), other crime (171) and anti-social behaviour (105).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL21 was 47.7 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 PL21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL21 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hams 002A | 1,122 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 7.3% |
| South Hams 002C | 2,454 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 50.5% |
| South Hams 005A | 2,460 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.3% |
| South Hams 005B | 1,604 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| South Hams 005C | 1,814 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| South Hams 005D | 1,462 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| South Hams 005E | 1,433 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| South Hams 005F | 1,435 | 11.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| South Hams 005G | 1,696 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| South Hams 008B | 2,008 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 14.1% |
| South Hams 008C | 1,599 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 5.6% |
MPs for PL21
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon86% of PL21’s postcodes
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South Devon14% of PL21’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 PL212
Postcode sectors in PL213
Council1
Towns in PL211
Postcode districts next to PL215
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PL postcode area2
PL21 in brief
PL21 is a postcode district covering Ivybridge and Modbury, in South Hams.
About 19,364 people lived in PL21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £311,250 in 2025 across 352 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL21 was £311,250 in 2025.
PL21 had 18,648 usual residents at the census.
In PL21, 69.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL21, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.