PL4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Mutley and Barbican, 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 PL4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL4, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL4 at a rate of 148.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 565 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,416), other crime (1,062) and anti-social behaviour (720).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL4 was 158.5 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 PL4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL4 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 021E | 1,490 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Plymouth 021F | 1,406 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Plymouth 023A | 1,516 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 023B | 1,724 | 272.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Plymouth 023C | 1,652 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Plymouth 023D | 1,817 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.7% |
| Plymouth 023E | 1,784 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.6% |
| Plymouth 025A | 1,556 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 025B | 1,789 | 174.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Plymouth 025C | 1,607 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Plymouth 025D | 1,704 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 025E | 1,947 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 027A | 1,205 | 104.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.6% |
| Plymouth 027B | 2,740 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 50.4% |
| Plymouth 027F | 1,304 | 255.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| Plymouth 027G | 1,540 | 739.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.4% |
| Plymouth 028A | 1,850 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.2% |
| Plymouth 028B | 1,633 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Plymouth 028C | 1,722 | 195.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.3% |
| Plymouth 028D | 2,170 | 144.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.0% |
| Plymouth 028E | 1,956 | 142.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
MPs for PL4
- Luke PollardLabour (Co-op)MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport99% of PL4’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon0.6% of PL4’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 PL44
Postcode sectors in PL45
Council1
Towns in PL41
Postcode districts next to PL42
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL4 in brief
PL4 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Mutley and Barbican, in Plymouth.
About 39,107 people lived in PL4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £197,750 in 2025 across 442 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 148.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL4 was £197,750 in 2025.
PL4 had 35,775 usual residents at the census.
In PL4, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL4, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.