PL9 postcode area guide — Plymouth
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL9 postcode district in Plymouth — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL9
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
81.5%
Gigabit-capable
80.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the PL9 postcode district (Plymouth) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 960 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.9%.
Around 0.2% of premises in PL9 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 PL9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL9 0AA | 33.3% | 33.3% |
| PL9 0AB | 0% | 0% |
| PL9 0AD | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| PL9 0AE | 5.9% | 0% |
| PL9 0AF | 7.7% | 0% |
| PL9 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| PL9 0AJ | 50% | 0% |
| PL9 0AL | 66.7% | 0% |
| PL9 0AN | 100% | 0% |
| PL9 0AP | 22.2% | 0% |
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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 PL9
Police recorded 78 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 37 | 47.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 12 | 15.4% |
| Public order | 12 | 15.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 5 | 6.4% |
| Other theft | 3 | 3.8% |
| Other crime | 3 | 3.8% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2.6% |
| Burglary | 1 | 1.3% |
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 PL9
Based on 423 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL9 is £305,000, essentially flat on the previous year (£305,000).
Detached
£400,000
129 sales
Semi-detached
£295,000
161 sales
Terraced
£256,000
94 sales
Flat / maisonette
£160,000
30 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £173,000 | Terraced | Wembury Road | PL9 8HG |
| 14 May 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached | Dorado Street | PL9 8FX |
| 14 May 2026 | £353,000 | Semi-detached | Hercules Road | PL9 8FA |
| 11 May 2026 | £305,000 | Semi-detached | Goosewell Park Road | PL9 8RA |
| 8 May 2026 | £487,000 | Detached | Coltness Road | PL9 8HA |
| 8 May 2026 | £218,000 | Semi-detached | Kilmar Street | PL9 7FJ |
| 7 May 2026 | £121,000 | Semi-detached | Springfield Road | PL9 8PR |
| 5 May 2026 | £345,500 | Semi-detached | Homer Park | PL9 9NN |
| 5 May 2026 | £240,000 | Terraced | Belle Vue Road | PL9 9NW |
| 1 May 2026 | £337,500 | Detached | Sycamore Way | PL9 8WH |
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 PL9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymstock School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,515 | PL9 9AZ |
| Coombe Dean School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,000 | PL9 8ES |
| Elburton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 470 | PL9 8HJ |
| Pomphlett Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 404 | PL9 7ES |
| Goosewell Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 394 | PL9 9HD |
| Sherford Vale School & Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 347 | PL9 8FA |
| Oreston Community Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 331 | PL9 7JY |
| Morley Meadow Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 216 | PL9 7GN |
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 PL9
131 rated food businesses operate in PL9. 95 hold the top rating of 5, 17 are rated 4, and 6 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Allisons Butchers, Allisons Butchers on YOUR Block, Asda Express Plymouth – Wembury Road PFS, Aspens, Aspens.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL9
From a sample of 141 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 PL9 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 66% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
53%
Band C
12%
Band D
23%
Band E
9%
Band F
1%
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 PL9 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.