PL24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Blazey, Par and Tywardreath, 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 PL24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL24, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL24 at a rate of 65.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (313), other crime (125) and anti-social behaviour (95).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL24 was 72.9 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 PL24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL24 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 031A | 1,350 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.7% |
| Cornwall 031B | 1,866 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.0% |
| Cornwall 031C | 2,236 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.4% |
| Cornwall 031D | 1,480 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Cornwall 035A | 1,512 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.0% |
| Cornwall 035C | 1,416 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
MPs for PL24
- Noah LawLabourMP for St Austell and Newquay96% of PL24’s postcodes
- Anna GelderdLabourMP for South East Cornwall3.5% of PL24’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 PL241
Postcode sectors in PL241
Council1
Postcode districts next to PL244
Nearest rail stations3
More in the PL postcode area2
PL24 in brief
PL24 is a postcode district covering St Blazey, Par and Tywardreath, in Cornwall.
About 10,572 people lived in PL24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 159 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL24 was £225,000 in 2025.
PL24 had 10,524 usual residents at the census.
In PL24, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL24, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.