PL25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Austell, Carclaze and Mount Charles, 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 PL25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in PL25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PL25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PL25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PL25 at a rate of 97.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.4 per 1,000 people across the PL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 252 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PL25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,223), other crime (458) and anti-social behaviour (424).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PL25 was 97.9 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 PL25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PL25 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PL25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall 030E | 1,589 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Cornwall 036A | 2,087 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.8% |
| Cornwall 036B | 1,509 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.0% |
| Cornwall 036C | 1,357 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.1% |
| Cornwall 036D | 1,848 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.9% |
| Cornwall 036F | 1,578 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 42.8% |
| Cornwall 038A | 1,450 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 42.1% |
| Cornwall 038B | 1,574 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 64.7% |
| Cornwall 038C | 2,707 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| Cornwall 038D | 1,529 | 298.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.4% |
| Cornwall 039A | 1,601 | 265.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 61.9% |
| Cornwall 039B | 1,895 | 142.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.1% |
| Cornwall 039C | 1,743 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.2% |
| Cornwall 039D | 1,977 | 152.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.4% |
| Cornwall 039E | 1,490 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 61.9% |
| Cornwall 039F | 1,334 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.9% |
Your MP
- Noah LawLabourMP for St Austell and Newquay
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 PL253
Postcode sectors in PL254
Council1
Towns in PL251
Postcode districts next to PL252
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PL postcode area2
PL25 in brief
PL25 is a postcode district covering St Austell, Carclaze and Mount Charles, in Cornwall.
About 28,392 people lived in PL25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £252,000 in 2025 across 415 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PL25 was £252,000 in 2025.
PL25 had 27,783 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in PL25 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PL25, 70.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.