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PL9 8EL

Wembury & Brixton · South Hams · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wembury & Brixton
Local authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL9
Postcode sector
PL9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL9 8YA 32 m
PL9 8ZL 32 m
PL9 8ZX 64 m
PL9 8YB 73 m
PL9 8WX 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL9 8EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL9
Postcode sector
PL9 8
Latitude
50.368711
Longitude
-4.040225
British National Grid easting
255,004
British National Grid northing
54,082

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Electoral ward
Wembury & Brixton · E05010145
Parish or community
E04003135
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00181173
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 009D · E01020187
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 009 · E02004197

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
4

  1. Sherford Vale School & Nursery

    Free schools

    1.1 km

  2. Plympton St Maurice Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  3. Yealmpstone Farm Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
408
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 222
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Other theft 32
  • Public order 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL9 8 residents
9,625

Age bands in PL9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,564 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

903 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

2,015 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

2,514 residents

Age 65 and over
28.9%

2,848 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

5

within 5 km

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83100

    2.1 km

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code L83008

    2.1 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    3.5 km

  • YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL8 2EA

    ODS code L83081

    3.8 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

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

    ODS code L83021

    4.1 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

  • Sherford Vale School

    BCT · Sherford

    0.5 miles

  • Sherford Vale School

    BCT · Sherford

    0.5 miles

  • Cherry Park

    BCT · Plympton

    0.7 miles

  • Cherry Park

    BCT · Plympton

    0.7 miles

  • Aycliffe Gardens

    BCT · Plympton

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 009D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,092 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sherford Vale School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

408 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 222 events.

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