TR16 5BL

Threemilestone & Chacewater · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth
Postcode district
TR16
Postcode sector
TR16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TR16 5EN 98 m
TR16 5BD 185 m
TR16 5BJ 207 m
TR16 5BE 215 m
TR16 5FJ 226 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TR16 5BL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2015
Postcode area
TR
Postcode district
TR16
Postcode sector
TR16 5
Latitude
50.257995
Longitude
-5.192247
British National Grid easting
172,562
British National Grid northing
44,657

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013051
Westminster constituency
Truro and Falmouth · E14001554
Output area
E00095005
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 047D · E01018820
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 047 · E02003911

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Blackwater Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  2. Three Bridges

    Other independent special school

    2.0 km
  3. Treleigh Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
64
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 32
  • Other theft 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Drugs 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TR16 5 residents
6,152

Age bands in TR16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

925 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

542 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,357 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,714 residents

Age 65 and over
24.5%

1,475 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHACEWATER HEALTH CENTRE

    CHACEWATER, TRURO, TR4 8QS

    ODS code L82015

    2.6 km

  • LEATSIDE HEALTH CENTRE

    FORTH NOWETH, REDRUTH, TR15 1AU

    ODS code L82042

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Smokey Joes

    BCT · Scorrier

    0.1 miles
  • Smokey Joes

    BCT · Scorrier

    0.1 miles
  • Rodda's Creamery

    BCT · Scorrier

    0.3 miles
  • Rodda's Creamery

    BCT · Scorrier

    0.3 miles
  • Crossroads House

    BCT · Scorrier

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 047D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,417 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Blackwater Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

64 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 32 events.

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