PL25 3WX

Penwithick & Boscoppa · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL25 3UZ 9 m
PL25 3UL 96 m
PL25 3UY 139 m
PL25 3TU 152 m
PL25 3TY 171 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL25 3WX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2002
Terminated
1 August 2003
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL25
Postcode sector
PL25 3
Latitude
50.351697
Longitude
-4.773372
British National Grid easting
202,802
British National Grid northing
53,878

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011598
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00172834
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 036D · E01019016
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 036 · E02003961

Postcode source versions

Explore PL25

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Carclaze Community Primary School

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    305 m
  2. Cornwall College

    Further education

    1.0 km
  3. Sandy Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,025
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 499
  • Criminal damage and arson 111
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Other theft 75
  • Public order 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL25 3 residents
11,820

Age bands in PL25 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,925 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,108 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

2,476 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

3,205 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

2,995 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    1.2 km

  • MIDDLEWAY SURGERY

    MIDDLEWAY, ST. BLAZEY, PAR, PL24 2JL

    ODS code L82026

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Emlyn Fields

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Emlyn Fields

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.1 miles
  • Claybourne Close

    BCT · Carclaze

    0.1 miles
  • Claybourne Close

    BCT · Carclaze

    0.1 miles
  • Roslyn Close

    BCT · Boscoppa

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 036D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,364 of 33,755

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Carclaze Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 305 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,025 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 499 events.

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