PL31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bodmin, Town End and Station Yard, in Cornwall.
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 PL31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL31, 73.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL31 at a rate of 120.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,069), other crime (316) and anti-social behaviour (254).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL31 was 117.5 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 PL31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL31 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 014A | 1,666 | 140.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 65.8% |
| Cornwall 014B | 1,932 | 178.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 59.4% |
| Cornwall 014C | 2,661 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| Cornwall 014D | 2,662 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| Cornwall 015A | 1,740 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 61.5% |
| Cornwall 015B | 1,672 | 179.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 41.5% |
| Cornwall 015C | 1,895 | 143.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% |
| Cornwall 015D | 1,584 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 65.5% |
| Cornwall 015E | 1,096 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.5% |
Your MP
- Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratMP for North Cornwall
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 PL312
Postcode sectors in PL313
Council1
Towns in PL311
Postcode districts next to PL311
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PL postcode area2
PL31 in brief
PL31 is a postcode district covering Bodmin, Town End and Station Yard, in Cornwall.
About 17,275 people lived in PL31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 242 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL31 was £235,000 in 2025.
PL31 had 16,599 usual residents at the census.
In PL31, 73.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL31, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.