PL31 2JA

Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bodmin
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL31
Postcode sector
PL31 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL31 2HL 32 m
PL31 2HW 35 m
PL31 2JQ 43 m
PL31 2JL 58 m
PL31 2JW 58 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL31 2JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL31
Postcode sector
PL31 2
Latitude
50.471307
Longitude
-4.720818
British National Grid easting
207,027
British National Grid northing
67,037

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011404
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095609
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 014B · E01018933
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 014 · E02003941

Postcode source versions

Explore PL31

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
35, Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JA 15 August 2024 £258,500
35, Flat 3, Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JA 10 January 2023 £72,500
35, Flat 2, Fore Street, Bodmin, PL31 2JA 30 September 2022 £78,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Beacon Academy

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    368 m
  2. St Petroc's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Academy converter

    634 m
  3. North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy

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    682 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,880
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 996
  • Anti social behaviour 202
  • Criminal damage and arson 180
  • Public order 114
  • Other theft 100

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

5 female, 11 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.5
PL31 2 residents
8,170

Age bands in PL31 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

1,439 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

885 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,098 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

2,099 residents

Age 65 and over
18.8%

1,510 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL31 2 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+
12.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
12.5%
Gigabit-capable
12.5%
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

  • BOSVENA HEALTH

    BELL LANE, BODMIN, PL31 2JJ

    ODS code L82010

    86 m

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

  • Dennison Road Car Park

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • Dennison Road Car Park

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • Mount Folly

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • The Shire House Mount Folly

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 014B, 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

4,059 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £79,750 from 4 recorded sales in PL31 2JA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Beacon Academy is the nearest published school at 368 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,880 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 996 events.

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