PL2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Pennycross and Devonport, in Plymouth.
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 PL2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL2, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL2 at a rate of 98.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 288 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,695), other crime (522) and anti-social behaviour (321).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL2 was 92.7 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 PL2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL2 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 011A | 1,506 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| Plymouth 011B | 2,494 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Plymouth 011C | 1,728 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 011D | 1,642 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Plymouth 011E | 1,500 | 18.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 013A | 1,347 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Plymouth 013B | 1,472 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.0% |
| Plymouth 013C | 1,454 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.7% |
| Plymouth 013D | 1,453 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 013E | 1,211 | 104.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Plymouth 014A | 1,047 | 174.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Plymouth 014B | 1,524 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 014C | 1,652 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| Plymouth 014D | 1,518 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 017D | 1,493 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 020A | 1,447 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Plymouth 020B | 1,471 | 252.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 020C | 1,479 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Plymouth 020D | 1,818 | 117.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Plymouth 020E | 1,744 | 150.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Plymouth 024D | 1,672 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 026A | 1,411 | 165.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
MPs for PL2
- Fred ThomasLabourMP for Plymouth Moor View54% of PL2’s postcodes
- Luke PollardLabour (Co-op)MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport44% of PL2’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon1.7% of PL2’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 PL24
Postcode sectors in PL24
Council1
Towns in PL21
Postcode districts next to PL23
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL2 in brief
PL2 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Pennycross and Devonport, in Plymouth.
About 33,559 people lived in PL2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 470 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL2 was £190,000 in 2025.
PL2 had 32,627 usual residents at the census.
In PL2, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL2, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.