PL31 2SS

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 2NR 56 m
PL31 2NF 60 m
PL31 2NL 65 m
PL31 2NW 70 m
PL31 2NH 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL31 2SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL31
Postcode sector
PL31 2
Latitude
50.473630
Longitude
-4.726885
British National Grid easting
206,606
British National Grid northing
67,311

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
E00095589
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 015B · E01018928
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 015 · E02003942

Postcode source versions

Explore PL31

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
J Sainsbury Plc, Dennison Road, Bodmin, PL31 2SS 20 December 2022 £9,666,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Berrycoombe School

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    467 m
  2. Beacon Academy

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    468 m
  3. North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy

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    482 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,790
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 946
  • Anti social behaviour 196
  • Criminal damage and arson 173
  • Public order 112
  • Shoplifting 100

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
50%
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

    519 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

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.0 miles
  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.0 miles
  • Sainsbury's Entrance

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • Sainsbury's Entrance

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles
  • Scarletts Well Road

    BCT · Bodmin

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 015B, 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

4,321 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £9,666,250 from 1 recorded sale in PL31 2SS. 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. Berrycoombe School is the nearest published school at 467 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,790 published events cover 12 months, averaging 149.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 946 events.

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