PL20 6WB

Dartmoor · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map

Ward: Dartmoor
Local authority: West Devon
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Postcode district: PL20
Postcode sector: PL20 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PL20 6TW	1 m
PL20 6TP	106 m
PL20 6TU	151 m
PL20 6TR	688 m
PL20 6TJ	1.5 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PL20 6WB
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 June 2002
Terminated: 1 July 2005
Postcode area: PL
Postcode district: PL20
Postcode sector: PL20 6
Latitude: 50.581767
Longitude: -3.900528
British National Grid easting: 265,544
British National Grid northing: 77,507

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward: Dartmoor · E05010555
Parish or community: E04003316
Westminster constituency: Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area: E00102963
Lower layer super output area: West Devon 003C · E01020323
Middle layer super output area: West Devon 003 · E02004231

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore PL20

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records

Published events: 10
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 3
Violence and sexual offences 3
Vehicle crime 2
Other theft 1
Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
PL20 6 residents: 5,521

Age bands in PL20 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 11.2%
Age 15 to 24: 7.6%
Age 25 to 44: 19.3%
Age 45 to 64: 30.8%
Age 65 and over: 31.1%

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

Bellever

BCT · Postbridge
0.1 miles
Post Office

BCT · Postbridge
1.0 miles
Post Office

BCT · Postbridge
1.0 miles
Widecombe Turn

BCT · Postbridge
1.4 miles
Widecombe Turn

BCT · Postbridge
1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 003C, 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

12,945 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 4 of 10
Health and disability: 5 of 10
Crime: 6 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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