PL15 8XB

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Launceston
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 8GZ 67 m
PL15 8HB 90 m
PL15 8XQ 96 m
PL15 8HR 124 m
PL15 8HW 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8XB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.644927
Longitude
-4.370310
British National Grid easting
232,513
British National Grid northing
85,487

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
E00095683
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 005C · E01018948
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 005 · E02003935

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Hollies Close, Launceston, PL15 8XB 29 September 1995 £70,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. St Stephens Community Academy

    Academy converter

    214 m
  2. St Josephs School

    Other independent school

    255 m
  3. Windmill Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
608
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 312
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Anti social behaviour 63
  • Other theft 53
  • Public order 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL15 8 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
0%

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

1

within 5 km

  • LAUNCESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDLAKE ROAD, LAUNCESTON, PL15 9HH

    ODS code L82030

    2.1 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Stephens Community Academy

    BCT · St Stephens

    0.1 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · St Stephens

    0.1 miles
  • St Stephens Community Academy

    BCT · St Stephens

    0.2 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · St Stephens

    0.2 miles
  • Convent

    BCT · Newport

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 005C, 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

11,673 of 33,755

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

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

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Stephens Community Academy is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

608 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 312 events.

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