PL13
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Looe, Shutta and Barbican, 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 PL13 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL13, 33.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL13 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL13 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL13 at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL13.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (353), other crime (126) and criminal damage and arson (86).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL13 was 57.5 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 PL13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL13 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL13
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 028A | 1,549 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.4% |
| Cornwall 028C | 1,841 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 67.6% |
| Cornwall 028E | 1,882 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 34.2% |
| Cornwall 037A | 1,201 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 4.9% |
| Cornwall 037B | 1,528 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 26.2% |
| Cornwall 037E | 2,276 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 19.2% |
Your MP
- Anna GelderdLabourMP for South East 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 PL132
Postcode sectors in PL133
Council1
Postcode districts next to PL135
Nearest rail stations2
More in the PL postcode area2
PL13 in brief
PL13 is a postcode district covering Looe, Shutta and Barbican, in Cornwall.
About 10,049 people lived in PL13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £289,500 in 2025 across 176 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL13 was £289,500 in 2025.
PL13 had 10,118 usual residents at the census.
In PL13, 33.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL13, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.