# PL26

Postcode district covering Cornwall, in Cornwall.

PL26 is a postcode district covering Cornwall, in Cornwall. Median sale price £269,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.9 per 1,000 people. About 28,815 people.

Postcode district. Code PL26. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl)

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 PL26 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £269,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PL26 was £269,000 in 2025. 892nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 28,233** (2021). PL26 had 28,233 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,014th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in PL26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 51.6%** (January 2026). In PL26, 51.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PL26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in PL26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=PL26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 394 homes were sold in PL26 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PL26) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PL26.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PL26) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PL26 had 28,233 usual residents at the census.

## How PL26 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PL26 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £269,000 | 16th cheapest | 35 postcode districts, PL · 2025 |
| Population | 28,233 | 8th most populated | 36 postcode districts, PL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 36 postcode districts, PL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 51.6% | 9th lowest | 36 postcode districts, PL · Jan 2026 |

## Is PL26 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL26 at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 149 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (910), other crime (267) and criminal damage and arson (205).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL26 was 63.8 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 PL26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL26 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in PL26

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cornwall 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019052) | 2,002 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 39.5% |
| [Cornwall 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019053) | 2,263 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 36.3% |
| [Cornwall 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019054) | 1,957 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.9% |
| [Cornwall 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019055) | 1,521 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.1% |
| [Cornwall 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019074) | 1,922 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 23.2% |
| [Cornwall 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019075) | 1,889 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 39.3% |
| [Cornwall 027F](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019076) | 2,160 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 29.3% |
| [Cornwall 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019069) | 1,248 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| [Cornwall 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019070) | 2,086 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| [Cornwall 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019071) | 1,782 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.9% |
| [Cornwall 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019072) | 1,498 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cornwall 036G](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01034857) | 1,227 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.3% |
| [Cornwall 041A](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019038) | 1,043 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 0.8% |
| [Cornwall 041B](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019039) | 1,316 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 23.2% |
| [Cornwall 041C](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019040) | 1,319 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 14.6% |
| [Cornwall 041E](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019067) | 1,380 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.5% |
| [Cornwall 041F](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/neighbourhood/e01019068) | 1,588 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.9% |

## Your MP

- [St Austell and Newquay](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-austell-and-newquay): Noah Law (Labour), MP since July 2024. 93% of the people here.
- [Truro and Falmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/truro-and-falmouth): Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 6.4% of the people here.
- [North Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cornwall): Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PL26

[Lostwithiel & Penwithick](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/lostwithiel-and-penwithick), [Mevagissey & Polgooth](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/mevagissey-and-polgooth), [Roche & Goss Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/roche-and-goss-moor), [Trewoon, Coombe & Foxhole](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall/trewoon-coombe-and-foxhole)

## Postcode sectors in PL26

[PL26 6 (222 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26-6), [PL26 7 (303 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26-7), [PL26 8 (366 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26-8)

## Council

[Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall)

## Postcode districts next to PL26

[PL24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl24), [PL25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl25), [PL30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl30), [TR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr2), [TR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr8), [TR9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr9)

## More in the PL postcode area

[All PL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## PL26 in brief

PL26 is a postcode district covering Cornwall, in Cornwall.
About 28,815 people lived in PL26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £269,000 in 2025 across 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL26 was £269,000 in 2025.
PL26 had 28,233 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL26, 51.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PL26
- Postcode area: [PL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl)
- Constituency: [St Austell and Newquay †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-austell-and-newquay)
- Council: [Cornwall †](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall)
- Area: 169 km²
- People, mid-2024: 28,815*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 87

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PL25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl25), [PL30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl30), [TR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr2), [TR9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr9), [PL24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl24), [TR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tr8)

## Latest updates for PL26

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PL26

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pl26