PL26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cornwall, 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 PL26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL26, 51.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL26 at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 149 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (910), other crime (267) and criminal damage and arson (205).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL26 was 63.8 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 PL26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL26 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 024A | 2,002 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 39.5% |
| Cornwall 024B | 2,263 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 36.3% |
| Cornwall 024C | 1,957 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.9% |
| Cornwall 024D | 1,521 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.1% |
| Cornwall 027D | 1,922 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 23.2% |
| Cornwall 027E | 1,889 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 39.3% |
| Cornwall 027F | 2,160 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 29.3% |
| Cornwall 030A | 1,248 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| Cornwall 030B | 2,086 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Cornwall 030C | 1,782 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.9% |
| Cornwall 030D | 1,498 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cornwall 036G | 1,227 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.3% |
| Cornwall 041A | 1,043 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 0.8% |
| Cornwall 041B | 1,316 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 23.2% |
| Cornwall 041C | 1,319 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 14.6% |
| Cornwall 041E | 1,380 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.5% |
| Cornwall 041F | 1,588 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.9% |
MPs for PL26
- Noah LawLabourMP for St Austell and Newquay93% of PL26’s postcodes
- Jayne KirkhamLabour (Co-op)MP for Truro and Falmouth6.4% of PL26’s postcodes
- Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratMP for North Cornwall0.3% of PL26’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 PL264
Postcode sectors in PL263
Council1
Postcode districts next to PL266
More in the PL postcode area2
PL26 in brief
PL26 is a postcode district covering Cornwall, in Cornwall.
About 28,815 people lived in PL26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £269,000 in 2025 across 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL26 was £269,000 in 2025.
PL26 had 28,233 usual residents at the census.
In PL26, 51.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL26, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.