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PL15 8RB

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 8SP 423 m
PL15 8SG 957 m
PL15 8LH 1.1 km
PL15 8RU 1.3 km
PL15 8SW 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8RB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2009
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.651089
Longitude
-4.427466
British National Grid easting
228,495
British National Grid northing
86,303

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin · E05013844
Parish or community
E04011581
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095710
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 006B · E01018952
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 006 · E02003936

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Egloskerry Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  2. Tregadillett Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.8 km

  3. Werrington Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL15 8 residents
7,260

Age bands in PL15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,082 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

703 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.7%

1,415 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

2,196 residents

Age 65 and over
24.9%

1,793 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.

Nearby transport

  • Red Barn

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.5 miles

  • Red Barn

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.5 miles

  • Cargentle

    BCT · Langore

    0.7 miles

  • Cargentle

    BCT · Langore

    0.7 miles

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.8 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Egloskerry Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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