PL12 6AP

Saltash Tamar · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Saltash
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL12 6DF 24 m
PL12 6DE 66 m
PL12 6BB 71 m
PL12 6BA 101 m
PL12 6JZ 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL12 6AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL12
Postcode sector
PL12 6
Latitude
50.409562
Longitude
-4.210161
British National Grid easting
243,055
British National Grid northing
58,969

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011519
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094874
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 026D · E01018793
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 026 · E02003900

Postcode source versions

Explore PL12

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Elwell Road, Saltash, PL12 6AP 24 February 2021 £246,000
2, Elwell Road, Saltash, PL12 6AP 29 March 2018 £225,000
4, Elwell Road, Saltash, PL12 6AP 14 March 2017 £25,166

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
48
Primary
32
Secondary
9
  1. Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy

    Academy converter

    691 m
  2. Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    927 m
  3. St Stephens (Saltash) Community Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
983
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 451
  • Criminal damage and arson 128
  • Anti social behaviour 114
  • Public order 70
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
PL12 6 residents
8,551

Age bands in PL12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,296 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

792 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.5%

1,756 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

2,722 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

2,453 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL12 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • PORT VIEW SURGERY

    HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU

    ODS code L82066

    374 m

  • SALTASH HEALTH CENTRE

    CALLINGTON ROAD, SALTASH, PL12 6DL

    ODS code L82046

    765 m

  • MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP

    STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL

    ODS code L83006

    1.6 km

  • OAKSIDE SURGERY

    HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY

    ODS code L83015

    3.6 km

  • ST. LEVAN SURGERY

    350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR

    ODS code L83646

    3.7 km

  • RAME GROUP PRACTICE

    PENNTORR HEALTH, TREVOL ROAD, TORPOINT, PL11 2TB

    ODS code Y00969

    3.9 km

  • ST NEOTS SURGERY

    1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY

    ODS code L83028

    4.2 km

  • BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU

    ODS code L83113

    4.3 km

  • STOKE SURGERY

    BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP

    ODS code L83071

    4.6 km

  • PEVERELL PARK SURGERY

    THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX

    ODS code L83648

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • North Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • Slip Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • North Road

    BCT · Saltash

    0.0 miles
  • Fore Street Bottom

    BCT · Saltash

    0.1 miles
  • Fore Street Bottom

    BCT · Saltash

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 026D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,416 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

48 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 9 secondary schools. Brunel Primary & Nursery Academy is the nearest published school at 691 m.

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

Recorded crime

983 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 451 events.

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