PL20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bere Alston, Horrabridge and Yelverton, 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 PL20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL20, 64.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL20 at a rate of 36.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (203), other crime (82) and criminal damage and arson (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL20 was 35.8 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 PL20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL20 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Devon 003C | 2,107 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 13.7% |
| West Devon 006A | 1,425 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.5% |
| West Devon 006C | 1,651 | 20.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.7% |
| West Devon 006D | 1,547 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.7% |
| West Devon 007A | 1,638 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.0% |
| West Devon 007B | 1,472 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| West Devon 007C | 1,613 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.5% |
| West Devon 007D | 1,820 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 56.2% |
MPs for PL20
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon60% of PL20’s postcodes
- Sir Geoffrey CoxConservativeMP for Torridge and Tavistock39% of PL20’s postcodes
- Sir Mel StrideConservativeMP for Central Devon0.6% of PL20’s postcodes
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South Devon0.2% of PL20’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 PL202
Postcode sectors in PL202
Council1
Postcode districts next to PL208
More in the PL postcode area2
PL20 in brief
PL20 is a postcode district covering Bere Alston, Horrabridge and Yelverton, in West Devon.
About 12,034 people lived in PL20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 159 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL20 was £305,000 in 2025.
PL20 had 12,388 usual residents at the census.
In PL20, 64.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL20, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.