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TR18

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Penzance and Newlyn, 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 TR18 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In TR18, 76.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£260,000
829th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
19,724
1,275th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
76.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How TR18 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

TR18Middle
Median sale price23 postcode districts, TR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TR23 areas from £227,000 to £545,000. The middle area is £300,000. TR18 is £260,000.
£260,0003rd cheapest
Population26 postcode districts, TR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TR26 areas from 136 to 32,021. The middle area is 11,172. TR18 is 19,724.
19,7247th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage26 postcode districts, TR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TR26 areas from 0.0% to 77.4%. The middle area is 59.3%. TR18 is 76.1%.
76.1%3rd highest
Claimant rate23 postcode districts, TR · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in TR23 areas from 1.4% to 5.1%. The middle area is 2.8%. TR18 is 5.1%.
5.1%highest

Is TR18 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TR18 at a rate of 113.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 74.4 per 1,000 people across TR.

In August 2026 alone, 194 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TR18.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (906), anti-social behaviour (364) and other crime (357).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TR18 was 124.4 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 TR18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TR18 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in TR18

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Cornwall 067A2,08842.2 per 1,000557.4%
Cornwall 067B1,31770.4 per 1,000280.3%
Cornwall 067C1,95064.2 per 1,000489.7%
Cornwall 067D1,503155.2 per 1,000361.9%
Cornwall 067E1,501109.0 per 1,000197.4%
Cornwall 068A2,084189.0 per 1,000188.6%
Cornwall 068B1,37038.6 per 1,000394.5%
Cornwall 068C1,594354.1 per 1,000282.0%
Cornwall 068D1,51199.1 per 1,000382.4%
Cornwall 070A1,440117.2 per 1,000580.4%
Cornwall 070C1,70426.8 per 1,000752.6%
Cornwall 070D1,46983.6 per 1,000256.1%

Your MP

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 TR183

Postcode sectors in TR185

Council1

Towns in TR181

Postcode districts next to TR182

Nearest rail stations1

More in the TR postcode area2

TR18 in brief

TR18 is a postcode district covering Penzance and Newlyn, in Cornwall.

About 19,611 people lived in TR18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 284 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TR18 was £260,000 in 2025.

TR18 had 19,724 usual residents at the census.

In TR18, 76.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In TR18, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.