PL3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Hartley and Efford, 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 PL3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL3, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL3 at a rate of 73.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,024), other crime (409) and anti-social behaviour (230).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL3 was 80.4 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 PL3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL3 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 010A | 1,451 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Plymouth 012A | 1,438 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 012B | 1,324 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 012C | 1,602 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 016A | 1,560 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 016B | 1,466 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Plymouth 016C | 1,535 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.7% |
| Plymouth 016D | 1,721 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Plymouth 016E | 1,583 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Plymouth 017A | 1,609 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 017B | 1,433 | 171.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 017C | 1,480 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 017E | 1,528 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 021A | 1,451 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| Plymouth 021B | 1,646 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Plymouth 021C | 1,686 | 132.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.4% |
| Plymouth 021D | 1,527 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Plymouth 024A | 1,786 | 91.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.1% |
| Plymouth 024B | 1,557 | 148.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
MPs for PL3
- Luke PollardLabour (Co-op)MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport97% of PL3’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon1.7% of PL3’s postcodes
- Fred ThomasLabourMP for Plymouth Moor View1.0% of PL3’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 PL35
Postcode sectors in PL33
Council1
Towns in PL31
Postcode districts next to PL35
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL3 in brief
PL3 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Hartley and Efford, in Plymouth.
About 30,653 people lived in PL3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,000 in 2025 across 517 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL3 was £255,000 in 2025.
PL3 had 30,311 usual residents at the census.
In PL3, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL3, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.