PL15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Launceston, 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 PL15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL15, 72.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL15 at a rate of 63.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 121 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (677), other crime (275) and anti-social behaviour (141).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL15 was 58.2 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 PL15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL15 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- 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 PL15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 004B | 1,287 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.0% |
| Cornwall 004C | 2,536 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.4% |
| Cornwall 005A | 1,499 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
| Cornwall 005C | 1,708 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% |
| Cornwall 005D | 1,392 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 53.1% |
| Cornwall 005E | 1,692 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.6% |
| Cornwall 005F | 1,820 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Cornwall 005G | 2,136 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Cornwall 006A | 2,229 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 45.3% |
| Cornwall 006B | 1,238 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.6% |
| Cornwall 006C | 2,452 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.6% |
| Cornwall 006D | 1,088 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 61.0% |
MPs for PL15
- Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratMP for North Cornwall95% of PL15’s postcodes
- Sir Geoffrey CoxConservativeMP for Torridge and Tavistock4.1% of PL15’s postcodes
- Anna GelderdLabourMP for South East Cornwall0.7% of PL15’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 PL153
Postcode sectors in PL154
Council1
Towns in PL151
Postcode districts next to PL159
More in the PL postcode area2
PL15 in brief
PL15 is a postcode district covering Launceston, in Cornwall.
About 21,432 people lived in PL15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £252,000 in 2025 across 287 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL15 was £252,000 in 2025.
PL15 had 21,007 usual residents at the census.
In PL15, 72.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL15, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.