PL6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Plymouth, Southway and Eggbuckland, in Plymouth and South Hams.
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 PL6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PL6, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PL6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL6 at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 277 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,510), other crime (561) and anti-social behaviour (343).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL6 was 68.5 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 PL6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL6 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth 001A | 1,732 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| Plymouth 001B | 2,232 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| Plymouth 001C | 1,443 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Plymouth 001D | 1,901 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| Plymouth 002A | 1,613 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Plymouth 002B | 1,726 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| Plymouth 002C | 1,685 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Plymouth 002D | 1,506 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 002E | 2,198 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.5% |
| Plymouth 003D | 1,599 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Plymouth 005A | 1,324 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 005B | 1,431 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 005C | 2,805 | 187.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Plymouth 005D | 1,331 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 005E | 1,526 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Plymouth 008A | 1,957 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Plymouth 008B | 1,609 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Plymouth 008C | 1,317 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 010B | 1,583 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Plymouth 010C | 1,522 | 69.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Plymouth 010D | 1,370 | 139.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Plymouth 010E | 1,359 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Plymouth 012D | 1,357 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Plymouth 012E | 1,408 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| South Hams 001A | 1,433 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Hams 001B | 2,032 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.8% |
| South Hams 001C | 1,242 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
MPs for PL6
- Fred ThomasLabourMP for Plymouth Moor View90% of PL6’s postcodes
- Rebecca SmithConservativeMP for South West Devon10% of PL6’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 PL66
Postcode sectors in PL64
Councils PL6 covers2
Towns in PL61
Postcode districts next to PL64
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PL postcode area2
PL6 in brief
PL6 is a postcode district covering Plymouth, Southway and Eggbuckland, in Plymouth and South Hams.
About 43,916 people lived in PL6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 658 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL6 was £240,000 in 2025.
PL6 had 43,516 usual residents at the census.
In PL6, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PL6, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.