PL17 postcode area guide — Cornwall
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL17 postcode district in Cornwall — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL17
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
85.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
66.2%
Gigabit-capable
66.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the PL17 postcode district (Cornwall) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 420 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 85.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 66.2%.
Around 0.6% of premises in PL17 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in PL17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL17 7AA | 100% | 0% |
| PL17 7AD | 100% | 100% |
| PL17 7AE | 100% | 100% |
| PL17 7AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PL17 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| PL17 7AN | 81.3% | 62.5% |
| PL17 7AQ | 100% | 40% |
| PL17 7AR | 76.9% | 76.9% |
| PL17 7AS | 58.3% | 58.3% |
| PL17 7AT | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Cornwall
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cornwall district (312,345 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.1%
5G outdoors — all networks
0.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
83.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PL17
Police recorded 34 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 15 | 44.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 5 | 14.7% |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 11.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 | 8.8% |
| Other theft | 3 | 8.8% |
| Public order | 2 | 5.9% |
| Burglary | 1 | 2.9% |
| Other crime | 1 | 2.9% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in PL17
Based on 124 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL17 is £265,000, down 7.8% on the previous year (£287,500).
Detached
£383,500
56 sales
Semi-detached
£245,000
23 sales
Terraced
£162,500
34 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2026 | £73,000 | Semi-detached | Honicombe Park | PL17 8NQ |
| 11 May 2026 | £456,000 | Detached | Longfield Close | PL17 7EA |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £300,000 | Detached | Liskeard Road | PL17 7JE |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Launceston Road | PL17 8DX |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £165,000 | Terraced | Queens Terrace | PL17 8BD |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £258,000 | Semi-detached | Longfield Close | PL17 7EA |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £125,000 | Terraced | Ashburton Square | PL17 7DG |
| 9 Apr 2026 | £543,000 | Detached | South Hill Road | PL17 7LH |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £355,000 | Detached | PL17 7NQ | |
| 30 Mar 2026 | £405,000 | Detached | Launceston Road | PL17 8DT |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cornwall demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cornwall district (570,308 residents, 250,533 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.3% |
| 15–29 | 19.6% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 21.8% |
| 65+ | 25.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.2% |
| Private rented | 19.8% |
| Social rented | 7.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PL17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callington Community College | Secondary | 11–18 | 887 | PL17 7DR |
| Callington Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 354 | PL17 7EF |
| Stoke Climsland School | Primary | 5–11 | 185 | PL17 8ND |
| Harrowbarrow Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 91 | PL17 8BQ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in PL17
69 rated food businesses operate in PL17. 49 hold the top rating of 5, 10 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Ales And Tails Bars And Pizza, Appleby Lodge Care Home, B Lightfoot - Home Caterer, Baked By Ellie / Kelly Bray Cake Shed, Balti King Restaurant.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL17
From a sample of 124 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 PL17 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 44% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
29%
Band D
27%
Band E
19%
Band F
10%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Cornwall
Landlines around PL17 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.