PL23 postcode area guide — Cornwall
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL23 postcode district in Cornwall — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL23
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
26.3%
Gigabit-capable
25%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the PL23 postcode district (Cornwall) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 170 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL23, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 25%.
Around 0.6% of premises in PL23 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 PL23
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL23 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| PL23 1AH | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| PL23 1AJ | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| PL23 1AL | 0% | 0% |
| PL23 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| PL23 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| PL23 1AQ | 81.8% | 81.8% |
| PL23 1AR | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| PL23 1AS | 50% | 50% |
| PL23 1AT | 66.7% | 66.7% |
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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 PL23
Police recorded 12 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL23 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 6 | 50.0% |
| Other theft | 3 | 25.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 | 16.7% |
| Public order | 1 | 8.3% |
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 PL23
Based on 57 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL23 is £439,000, up 9.8% on the previous year (£400,000).
Detached
£552,000
26 sales
Semi-detached
£407,500
8 sales
Terraced
£250,000
12 sales
Flat / maisonette
£245,000
8 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL23
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2026 | £245,000 | Flat | Lostwithiel Street | PL23 1BG |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced | Green Lane | PL23 1DU |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £610,000 | Detached | Townsend | PL23 1QH |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £105,000 | Terraced | West Street | PL23 1PJ |
| 2 Apr 2026 | £945,250 | Semi-detached | West Street | PL23 1PL |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £260,000 | Terraced | Ferris Way | PL23 1QL |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced | West Street | PL23 1PJ |
| 26 Mar 2026 | £552,000 | Detached | Meadow Close | PL23 1QS |
| 20 Mar 2026 | £362,500 | Detached | Green Lane | PL23 1DY |
| 4 Mar 2026 | £270,000 | Detached | Downs Hill | PL23 1LJ |
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 PL23
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowey River Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 676 | PL23 1HE |
| Fowey Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 127 | PL23 1HH |
| Polruan Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 21 | PL23 1PS |
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 PL23
57 rated food businesses operate in PL23. 43 hold the top rating of 5, 8 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Brown Sugar, Bufala Fowey, Captain Hank's Crab And Snack Shack, Caterlink @ Fowey Primary School, Crumbs Fowey.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL23
From a sample of 131 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 PL23 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 28% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
8%
Band C
20%
Band D
31%
Band E
20%
Band F
18%
Band G
3%
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
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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.