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PL7 3ZU

Plympton Erle · Plymouth · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Plympton Erle
Local authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL7 1NF 38 m
PL7 1NQ 51 m
PL7 1NA 59 m
PL7 1NB 91 m
PL7 1NH 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL7 3ZU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL7
Postcode sector
PL7 3
Latitude
50.383373
Longitude
-4.048886
British National Grid easting
254,433
British National Grid northing
55,729

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Plymouth · E06000026
Electoral ward
Plympton Erle · E05002089
Parish or community
E43000021
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00076359
Lower layer super output area
Plymouth 019C · E01015114
Middle layer super output area
Plymouth 019 · E02003140

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
24
Secondary
6

  1. Longcause Community Special School

    Community special school

    246 m

  2. Plympton St Maurice Primary School

    Academy converter

    404 m

  3. Plympton Academy

    Academy converter

    583 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
960
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 480
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Shoplifting 70
  • Other theft 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83100

    412 m

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83008

    412 m

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    4.0 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

    21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL

    ODS code L83021

    4.3 km

  • ELM SURGERY

    123 LEYPARK WALK, ESTOVER, PLYMOUTH, PL6 8UF

    ODS code L83019

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Longbrook Street

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

  • Longbrook Street

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

  • Longcause

    BCT · Plympton

    0.1 miles

  • Longcause

    BCT · Plympton

    0.2 miles

  • Redvers Grove

    BCT · Plympton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 019C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,062 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Longcause Community Special School is the nearest published school at 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

960 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 480 events.

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