PL5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, West Park and Barne Barton, 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 PL5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL5 at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 303 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,973), other crime (629) and anti-social behaviour (418).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL5 was 100.5 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 PL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL5 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 003A | 1,775 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Plymouth 003B | 1,544 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Plymouth 003C | 1,685 | 187.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Plymouth 003E | 1,700 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.0% |
| Plymouth 004A | 1,326 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Plymouth 004B | 1,632 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.2% |
| Plymouth 004C | 1,599 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.5% |
| Plymouth 004D | 1,474 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Plymouth 006A | 1,592 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 006B | 1,592 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Plymouth 006C | 1,590 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Plymouth 006D | 1,268 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 006E | 1,490 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Plymouth 007A | 1,627 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.9% |
| Plymouth 007B | 2,757 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.0% |
| Plymouth 007C | 1,708 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 007D | 1,377 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 007E | 1,709 | 191.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Plymouth 008D | 1,527 | 113.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.1% |
| Plymouth 009A | 1,404 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Plymouth 009B | 1,405 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Plymouth 009C | 1,294 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Plymouth 009D | 1,578 | 175.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Plymouth 009E | 1,942 | 107.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 009F | 1,488 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Plymouth 009G | 1,419 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Plymouth 014E | 1,334 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 60.4% |
MPs for PL5
- Fred ThomasLabourMP for Plymouth Moor View99% of PL5’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon1.2% of PL5’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 PL55
Postcode sectors in PL55
Council1
Towns in PL51
Postcode districts next to PL53
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL5 in brief
PL5 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, West Park and Barne Barton, in Plymouth.
About 43,410 people lived in PL5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 540 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL5 was £195,000 in 2025.
PL5 had 43,276 usual residents at the census.
In PL5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL5, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.