Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 17 secondary schools. Knowle Primary School is the nearest published school at 417 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PL5 2LJ
Honicknowle · Plymouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Plymouth
- Ward
- Honicknowle
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Moor View
- Postcode district
- PL5
- Postcode sector
- PL5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PL5 2LJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PL
- Postcode district
- PL5
- Postcode sector
- PL5 2
- Latitude
- 50.412572
- Longitude
- -4.166835
- British National Grid easting
- 246,143
- British National Grid northing
- 59,213
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Plymouth · E06000026
- Electoral ward
- Honicknowle · E05002085
- Parish or community
- E43000021
- Westminster constituency
- Plymouth Moor View · E14001426
- Output area
- E00076230
- Lower layer super output area
- Plymouth 006A · E01015085
- Middle layer super output area
- Plymouth 006 · E02003127
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 PL5
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 429a, Crownhill Road, Plymouth, PL5 2LJ | 19 February 2020 | £225,000 |
| 429a, Crownhill Road, Plymouth, PL5 2LJ | 24 October 2016 | £175,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 88
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 17
- 417 m
Knowle Primary School
Academy converter
- 595 m
Ernesettle Community School
Academy converter
- 660 m
Mill Ford School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,604
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,402
- Criminal damage and arson 260
- Anti social behaviour 241
- Public order 160
- Other theft 133
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PL5 2 residents
- 10,185
Age bands in PL5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.1%
1,626 residents
1,156 residents
2,431 residents
2,660 residents
2,110 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 20%
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
16
within 5 km
OAKSIDE SURGERY
HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY
ODS code L83015
545 m
BUDSHEAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
433 BUDSHEAD ROAD, WHITLEIGH, PLYMOUTH, PL5 4DU
ODS code L83113
1.3 km
MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP
STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL
ODS code L83006
1.8 km
KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY
4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB
ODS code L83089
2.4 km
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY
THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX
ODS code L83648
2.6 km
ST NEOTS SURGERY
1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY
ODS code L83028
2.8 km
SOUTHWAY SURGERY
33 ROCKFIELD AVENUE, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6DX
ODS code L83039
2.9 km
ST. LEVAN SURGERY
350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR
ODS code L83646
3.3 km
PORT VIEW SURGERY
HIGHER PORT VIEW, SALTASH, PL12 4BU
ODS code L82066
3.4 km
STOKE SURGERY
BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP
ODS code L83071
3.7 km
SALTASH HEALTH CENTRE
CALLINGTON ROAD, SALTASH, PL12 6DL
ODS code L82046
3.9 km
ROBOROUGH SURGERY
1 EASTCOTE CLOSE, ROBOROUGH, PLYMOUTH, PL6 6PH
ODS code L83048
4.0 km
LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.
3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL
ODS code L83147
4.2 km
NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.
167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ
ODS code L83030
4.3 km
DEVONPORT HEALTH CENTRE
DAMEREL CLOSE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4JZ
ODS code L83624
4.7 km
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
20 ADELAIDE STREET, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3JF
ODS code L83651
4.7 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
- 0.0 miles
West Park Post Office
BCT · West Park
- 0.0 miles
Kedlestone Avenue
BCT · West Park
- 0.0 miles
West Park Shops
BCT · West Park
- 0.1 miles
West Park Shops
BCT · West Park
- 0.2 miles
Ringmore Way
BCT · West Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 006A, 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
14,455 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
2,604 published events cover 12 months, averaging 217 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,402 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.