PL17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Callington and Kelly Bray, 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 PL17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PL17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PL17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL17 at a rate of 54.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (316), other crime (106) and criminal damage and arson (54).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL17 was 52.2 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 PL17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL17 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 006E | 1,323 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 53.8% |
| Cornwall 010D | 1,556 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 69.2% |
| Cornwall 012A | 2,103 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.2% |
| Cornwall 013A | 2,258 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.5% |
| Cornwall 013B | 1,578 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 67.1% |
| Cornwall 013C | 2,146 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.0% |
MPs for PL17
- Anna GelderdLabourMP for South East Cornwall81% of PL17’s postcodes
- Ben MaguireLiberal DemocratMP for North Cornwall19% of PL17’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 PL171
Postcode sectors in PL173
Council1
Postcode districts next to PL175
More in the PL postcode area2
PL17 in brief
PL17 is a postcode district covering Callington and Kelly Bray, in Cornwall.
About 10,718 people lived in PL17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £271,750 in 2025 across 162 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL17 was £271,750 in 2025.
PL17 had 10,244 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL17, 77.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.