PL4 postcode area guide — Plymouth
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL4 postcode district in Plymouth — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.3%
Gigabit-capable
86.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the PL4 postcode district (Plymouth) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 815 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.3%.
Around 0% of premises in PL4 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 PL4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL4 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| PL4 0AE | 0% | 0% |
| PL4 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| PL4 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| PL4 0AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PL4 0AL | 100% | 72.1% |
| PL4 0AP | 100% | 0% |
| PL4 0AQ | 25% | 25% |
| PL4 0AS | 100% | 100% |
| PL4 0AT | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Plymouth
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Plymouth district (128,631 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
21.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PL4
Police recorded 936 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 400 | 42.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 151 | 16.1% |
| Shoplifting | 94 | 10.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 59 | 6.3% |
| Other theft | 58 | 6.2% |
| Public order | 53 | 5.7% |
| Drugs | 33 | 3.5% |
| Weapons possession | 23 | 2.5% |
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 PL4
Based on 411 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL4 is £190,000, down 5.0% on the previous year (£199,950).
Semi-detached
£240,000
17 sales
Terraced
£219,000
233 sales
Flat / maisonette
£125,000
142 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £265,000 | Terraced | East Park Avenue | PL4 6PF |
| 22 May 2026 | £260,000 | Terraced | Chaddlewood Avenue | PL4 8RF |
| 22 May 2026 | £84,000 | Terraced | Lanhydrock Road | PL4 9DL |
| 21 May 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced | Bernice Terrace | PL4 7HN |
| 21 May 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Cecil Avenue | PL4 8SG |
| 19 May 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Lipson Avenue | PL4 8SQ |
| 18 May 2026 | £227,000 | Terraced | Mostyn Avenue | PL4 7HD |
| 15 May 2026 | £150,000 | Flat | Monica Walk | PL4 7QX |
| 13 May 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced | North Road East | PL4 6AN |
| 12 May 2026 | £188,000 | Terraced | Tresillian Street | PL4 0QP |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Plymouth demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Plymouth district (264,695 residents, 114,557 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.4% |
| 15–29 | 26.7% |
| 30–44 | 18.4% |
| 45–64 | 19% |
| 65+ | 18.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 57.7% |
| Private rented | 22.8% |
| Social rented | 12% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PL4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipson Co-operative Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,131 | PL4 7PG |
| Plymouth High School for Girls | Secondary | 11–18 | 782 | PL4 6HT |
| Plymouth College | Not applicable | 2–19 | 487 | PL4 6RN |
| Prince Rock Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 405 | PL4 9JF |
| Salisbury Road Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 395 | PL4 8QZ |
| Lipson Vale Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 393 | PL4 7HW |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 276 | PL4 9BE |
| Mount Street Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 253 | PL4 8NZ |
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 PL4
284 rated food businesses operate in PL4. 190 hold the top rating of 5, 37 are rated 4, and 18 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A K Ices t/a Super Whippy, A&M UK STORES LTD, Affordable foods, Age UK, Aladdin's Indian Takeaway.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL4
From a sample of 281 Energy Performance Certificates across 8 PL4 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 32% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
27%
Band D
47%
Band E
13%
Band F
4%
Band G
4%
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 Plymouth
Landlines around PL4 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.