PL12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Saltash and Burraton, 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 PL12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PL12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL12 at a rate of 59.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 130 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (551), other crime (243) and anti-social behaviour (175).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL12 was 67.4 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 PL12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL12 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 022A | 1,474 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.2% |
| Cornwall 022B | 1,523 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.7% |
| Cornwall 022C | 1,218 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.0% |
| Cornwall 022D | 1,173 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Cornwall 023B | 1,103 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| Cornwall 023C | 1,508 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.4% |
| Cornwall 023D | 1,932 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.8% |
| Cornwall 025A | 1,246 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Cornwall 025B | 1,416 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.1% |
| Cornwall 025C | 1,203 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Cornwall 025D | 1,416 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Cornwall 026A | 1,403 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Cornwall 026B | 1,278 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.6% |
| Cornwall 026C | 2,719 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% |
| Cornwall 026D | 1,690 | 155.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.5% |
Your MP
- Anna GelderdLabourMP for South East Cornwall
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 PL124
Postcode sectors in PL124
Council1
Towns in PL121
Postcode districts next to PL124
More in the PL postcode area2
PL12 in brief
PL12 is a postcode district covering Saltash and Burraton, in Cornwall.
About 22,291 people lived in PL12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,498 in 2025 across 354 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL12 was £275,498 in 2025.
PL12 had 22,176 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL12, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.