PL15 7EW

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 7EN 581 m
PL15 7GA 756 m
PL15 7GB 776 m
PL15 7EP 811 m
PL15 7FW 815 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 7EW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 7
Latitude
50.636901
Longitude
-4.384531
British National Grid easting
231,479
British National Grid northing
84,627

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013093
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095712
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 006B · E01018952
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 006 · E02003936

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. St Catherine's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. St Josephs School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km
  3. St Stephens Community Academy

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
274
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 141
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 26
  • Public order 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL15 7 residents
6,544

Age bands in PL15 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

854 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

496 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,135 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,986 residents

Age 65 and over
30.8%

1,988 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

  • LAUNCESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDLAKE ROAD, LAUNCESTON, PL15 9HH

    ODS code L82030

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Derrys Chalet

    BCT · Trebursye

    0.6 miles
  • Derrys Chalet

    BCT · Trebursye

    0.6 miles
  • Trebursye Oak

    BCT · Trebursye

    0.6 miles
  • Trebursye Oak

    BCT · Trebursye

    0.6 miles
  • Guinness Trust

    BCT · Launceston

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 006B, 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

13,264 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Catherine's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

274 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.

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