PL19
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tavistock and Whitchurch, in West Devon.
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 PL19 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL19, 75.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL19 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL19 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL19 at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL19.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (417), other crime (173) and anti-social behaviour (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL19 was 47.3 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 PL19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL19 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL19
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Devon 004C | 1,692 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.9% |
| West Devon 005A | 1,770 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.5% |
| West Devon 005B | 2,208 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| West Devon 005C | 1,966 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.1% |
| West Devon 005D | 1,623 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| West Devon 005E | 1,344 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.9% |
| West Devon 005F | 1,415 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.8% |
| West Devon 005G | 2,342 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| West Devon 006B | 1,601 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 14.7% |
Your MP
- Sir Geoffrey CoxConservativeMP for Torridge and Tavistock
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 PL191
Postcode sectors in PL194
Council1
Towns in PL191
Postcode districts next to PL196
More in the PL postcode area2
PL19 in brief
PL19 is a postcode district covering Tavistock and Whitchurch, in West Devon.
About 18,017 people lived in PL19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 321 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL19 was £295,000 in 2025.
PL19 had 16,995 usual residents at the census.
In PL19, 75.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL19, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.