PL9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Plymstock and Elburton, in Plymouth and 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 PL9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL9, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL9 at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across PL.
In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (688), other crime (266) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL9 was 50.2 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 PL9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL9 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 030A | 1,531 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Plymouth 030B | 1,454 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| Plymouth 030C | 2,430 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| Plymouth 030D | 1,492 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 030E | 1,458 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Plymouth 031B | 1,471 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% |
| Plymouth 031C | 1,779 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Plymouth 031D | 1,884 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.3% |
| Plymouth 031E | 1,441 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Plymouth 031F | 1,763 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Plymouth 031G | 1,868 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.7% |
| Plymouth 031H | 1,128 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Plymouth 032A | 1,548 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Plymouth 032B | 1,372 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Plymouth 032C | 1,553 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 032D | 1,532 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.5% |
| Plymouth 032E | 1,434 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| South Hams 009B | 1,475 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.3% |
| South Hams 009C | 1,387 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 16.9% |
| South Hams 009D | 2,594 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |
Your MP
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon
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 PL94
Postcode sectors in PL95
Councils PL9 covers2
Towns in PL91
Postcode districts next to PL94
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PL postcode area2
PL9 in brief
PL9 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Plymstock and Elburton, in Plymouth and South Hams.
About 31,495 people lived in PL9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £307,500 in 2025 across 699 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL9 was £307,500 in 2025.
PL9 had 30,500 usual residents at the census.
In PL9, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL9, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.