PL12 5LA

Rame Peninsula & St Germans · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL12 5JS 447 m
PL12 5JZ 471 m
PL12 5JR 604 m
PL12 5HU 646 m
PL12 5JY 661 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL12 5LA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 5
Latitude
50.420689
Longitude
-4.335289
British National Grid easting
234,204
British National Grid northing
60,478

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011550
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094836
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 023D · E01018785
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 023 · E02003898

Postcode source versions

Explore PL12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km
  2. St Germans Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Public order 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL12 5 residents
2,597

Age bands in PL12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

327 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

261 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

442 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

757 residents

Age 65 and over
26.5%

643 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUAY LANE SURGERY

    OLD QUAY LANE, ST. GERMANS, SALTASH, PL12 5LH

    ODS code L82043

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Tideford Cross

    BCT · Tideford

    0.4 miles
  • Tideford Cross

    BCT · Tideford

    0.4 miles
  • Quay Road

    BCT · Tideford

    0.6 miles
  • Quay Road

    BCT · Tideford

    0.6 miles
  • Polmarkyn Farm

    BCT · Trerulefoot

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 023D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,265 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.