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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city in Devon, England, with a population of around 262,700. It has 5 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, and 12 restaurants and cafés, 85 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Plymouth, 1.7 km away. There were around 397 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Plymouth is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 264,695 residents at roughly 3,315 people per km².

46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 178th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime36
Home affordability80
Affordable rents60
Good schools69
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation23
Employment41
Low council tax50

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:39

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

430 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences216
  • Anti-social behaviour65
  • Criminal damage & arson45
  • Other theft27

10 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Higher Compton & Mannamead · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR-DEWI SANT CARE HOME (CLOSED) BURGLARY SPREE-THORN PARK/MANNAMEAD

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

423 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 523 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 423 rated 4–5 ★ (353 top)
  • 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Plymouth (1.7 km)
  • 85 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Plymouth (1.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£1,001 average monthly rent 5.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £703
  • 2 bed £883
  • 3 bed £1,061

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (1.8 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

87 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Coleridge Road 1 (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms4
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches36
  • Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

264,695 residents in Plymouth · 3,315/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,442 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 123,310)

A £1,628
B £1,899
C £2,171
D £2,442
E £2,984
F £3,527
G £4,070
H £4,884

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

107 schools · 39,096 pupils

69 primary · 19 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

98inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • All Saints Church of England AcademyGood
  • Coombe Dean SchoolGood
  • Devonport High School for BoysGood
  • Devonport High School for GirlsGood
  • Lipson Co-operative AcademyGood
  • Marine Academy PlymouthGood
  • Millbay AcademyGood
  • Plymstock SchoolGood
  • Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegeGood
  • Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeGood
  • Stoke Damerel Community CollegeGood
  • Tor Bridge HighGood
  • UTC PlymouthGood
  • Eggbuckland Community CollegeRequires improvement
  • Plympton AcademyRequires improvement
  • Hele's School
  • Notre Dame RC School
  • Plymouth High School for Girls
  • St Boniface's RC College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Plymouth

Care & health services

253 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes88
  • GP practices34
  • Dentists47
  • Homecare agencies51
  • Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Plymouth

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

164 applications decided

93.3% granted · 153 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 30
  • Con 3
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics12
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens96
  • Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2,229 jobs advertised · £38,937 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol - South West, Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time, Superflex Roadside Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£681 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,424 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 141,976 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Solar 56% · Gas 19% · Wind 18% · Imports 5%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54 women · 55.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in PL3

  • Stoke Surgery
  • Hyde Park Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • BBC Radio Devon · 0.3 km

    BBC Radio Devon is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Devon.

  • Compton, Plymouth · 0.3 km

    Compton or Compton Gifford is a suburb of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England.

  • Hartley, Plymouth · 0.6 km

    Hartley is a suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.

  • St Augustine's Church, Lipson · 0.6 km

    St Augustine's Church was a Church of England church in Lipson, Plymouth, Devon, England. Built to the designs of King & Lister of Plymouth, the church's crypt was built between 1899 and 1900, and initially served as…

  • Mannamead · 0.8 km

    Mannamead is a leafy suburb in the Compton ward of the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was an affluent Victorian and early Edwardian suburb with wide avenues such as Seymour Road, grand villas and…

  • Mutley Plain · 0.9 km

    Mutley Plain is a street in Plymouth, Devon, England. Although Mutley Plain is the main street of the dense suburb called Mutley, the term is often applied to the whole area. The road is now a busy dual-carriageway, t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Plymouth