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PL26 8WJ

Roche & Bugle · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Roche & Bugle
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 8PS 150 m
PL26 8RG 199 m
PL26 8FX 215 m
PL26 8RF 235 m
PL26 8FY 242 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8WJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.395689
Longitude
-4.798327
British National Grid easting
201,211
British National Grid northing
58,835

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Roche & Bugle · E05013331
Parish or community
E04011598
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096386
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027F · E01019076
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    449 m

  2. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

  3. Roche Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
352
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 196
  • Criminal damage and arson 40
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Public order 24
  • Other theft 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL26 8 residents
13,155

Age bands in PL26 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

2,322 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,326 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

3,185 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

3,689 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

2,612 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

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, ROCHE, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 8JF

    ODS code L82051

    2.9 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

  • The Square

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles

  • The Square

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles

  • Bowling Club

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles

  • Bowling Club

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles

  • Bugle CP School

    BCT · Bugle

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 027F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,891 of 33,755

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

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

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bugle School is the nearest published school at 449 m.

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

Recorded crime

352 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 196 events.

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