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PL17

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Callington and Kelly Bray, 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 PL17 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 PL17, 77.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£271,750
927th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
10,244
730th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
77.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How PL17 compares

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

PL17Middle
Median sale price35 postcode districts, PL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in PL35 areas from £185,000 to £465,000. The middle area is £271,750. PL17 is £271,750.
£271,75018th most expensive
Population36 postcode districts, PL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in PL36 areas from 328 to 43,516. The middle area is 11,456. PL17 is 10,244.
10,24416th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage36 postcode districts, PL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in PL36 areas from 10.4% to 98.0%. The middle area is 76.4%. PL17 is 77.9%.
77.9%17th highest
Claimant rate34 postcode districts, PL · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in PL34 areas from 1.6% to 5.6%. The middle area is 2.7%. PL17 is 2.4%.
2.4%10th lowest

Is PL17 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL17 at a rate of 54.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL17.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (316), other crime (106) and criminal damage and arson (54).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL17 was 52.2 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 PL17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL17 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • 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 PL17

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Cornwall 006E1,32339.5 per 1,000553.8%
Cornwall 010D1,55661.7 per 1,000369.2%
Cornwall 012A2,10323.2 per 1,000463.2%
Cornwall 013A2,25834.1 per 1,000786.5%
Cornwall 013B1,578131.1 per 1,000267.1%
Cornwall 013C2,14652.2 per 1,000593.0%

MPs for PL17

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 PL171

Postcode sectors in PL173

Council1

Postcode districts next to PL175

More in the PL postcode area2

PL17 in brief

PL17 is a postcode district covering Callington and Kelly Bray, in Cornwall.

About 10,718 people lived in PL17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £271,750 in 2025 across 162 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PL17 was £271,750 in 2025.

PL17 had 10,244 usual residents at the census.

In PL17, 77.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In PL17, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.