Schools
84 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 16 secondary schools. University of Plymouth is the nearest published school at 144 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PL4 6EG
Drake · Plymouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Drake
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Postcode district
- PL4
- Postcode sector
- PL4 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PL4 6EG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- PL
- Postcode district
- PL4
- Postcode sector
- PL4 6
- Latitude
- 50.375167
- Longitude
- -4.140417
- British National Grid easting
- 247,900
- British National Grid northing
- 55,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Plymouth · E06000026
- Electoral ward
- Drake · E05002081
- Parish or community
- E43000021
- Westminster constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport · E14001427
- Output area
- E00181183
- Lower layer super output area
- Plymouth 027B · E01015054
- Middle layer super output area
- Plymouth 027 · E02003148
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 PL4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 84
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 16
- 144 m
University of Plymouth
Higher education institutions
- 247 m
Fletewood School and Nursery
Other independent school
- 289 m
Arts University Plymouth
Higher education institutions
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 11,278
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,863
- Anti social behaviour 1,238
- Shoplifting 1,014
- Criminal damage and arson 873
- Other theft 853
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PL4 6 residents
- 6,044
Age bands in PL4 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 48.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 11.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.6%
380 residents
3,082 residents
1,585 residents
744 residents
547 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.
167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ
ODS code L83030
429 m
FRIARY HOUSE SURGERY
FRIARY HOUSE, BEAUMONT ROAD, ST. JUDES, PLYMOUTH, PL4 9BH
ODS code L83072
905 m
LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.
3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL
ODS code L83147
1.0 km
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
20 ADELAIDE STREET, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3JF
ODS code L83651
1.2 km
WEST HOE SURGERY
2 PIER STREET, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3BS
ODS code L83112
1.3 km
WYCLIFFE SURGERY
8 CATTEDOWN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0BZ
ODS code L83076
1.4 km
STOKE SURGERY
BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP
ODS code L83071
1.9 km
DEVONPORT HEALTH CENTRE
DAMEREL CLOSE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4JZ
ODS code L83624
2.0 km
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY
THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX
ODS code L83648
2.0 km
ST NEOTS SURGERY
1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY
ODS code L83028
2.0 km
ST. LEVAN SURGERY
350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR
ODS code L83646
2.8 km
DEAN CROSS SURGERY
21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL
ODS code L83021
3.7 km
KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY
4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB
ODS code L83089
3.7 km
OAKSIDE SURGERY
HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY
ODS code L83015
4.2 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN
ODS code L83064
4.4 km
BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU
ODS code L83113
4.8 km
MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP
STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL
ODS code L83006
4.8 km
ELM SURGERY
123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF
ODS code L83019
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Cobourg Street
BCT · Plymouth City Centre
- 0.1 miles
University
BCT · Plymouth City Centre
- 0.1 miles
University
BCT · Plymouth City Centre
- 0.1 miles
University
BCT · Plymouth City Centre
- 0.1 miles
University
BCT · Plymouth City Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 027B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,125 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
11,278 published events cover 12 months, averaging 939.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,863 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.