PL15 7HZ

Launceston South · 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 7FJ 15 m
PL15 7DA 91 m
PL15 7HH 105 m
PL15 7LN 116 m
PL15 7HL 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 7HZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 7
Latitude
50.630721
Longitude
-4.366951
British National Grid easting
232,700
British National Grid northing
83,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011466
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095692
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 005A · E01018946
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 005 · E02003935

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. St Catherine's CofE Primary School

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    464 m
  2. Windmill Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    663 m
  3. Launceston College

    Academy converter

    741 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
848
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 430
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Other theft 70
  • Public order 55

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

    596 m

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Road

    BCT · Launceston

    0.0 miles
  • Woburn Road Junction

    BCT · Launceston

    0.0 miles
  • Western Road

    BCT · Launceston

    0.1 miles
  • Western Road

    BCT · Launceston

    0.1 miles
  • Castle Meadows

    BCT · Launceston

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 005A, 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

15,396 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Catherine's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 464 m.

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

Recorded crime

848 published events cover 12 months, averaging 70.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 430 events.

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