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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 (IoD2025). It is home to around 264,695 residents at roughly 3,315 people per km².

47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 168th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% of them.

Low crime37
Home affordability80
Affordable rents60
Good schools68
Life expectancy13
Low deprivation34
Employment44
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

8°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 9% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:49

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

438 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences182
  • Criminal damage & arson58
  • Vehicle crime36
  • Anti-social behaviour35

27 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Higher Compton & Mannamead · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Youth and Adult Anti Social Behaviour

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

Road safety

420 reported road collisions (2025)

62 killed or seriously injured · 503 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 422 rated 4–5 ★ (350 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

£1,004 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £705
  • 2 bed £886
  • 3 bed £1,065

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

3,582 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4 km)

9 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,921
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK15,080
  • Net moves−1,159

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 101 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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 · 38,023 pupils

69 primary · 19 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 46 of 50 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

96 inspected 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
  • 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
  • Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
  • St Boniface's RC College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Plymouth

Care & health services

254 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes88
  • GP practices35
  • Dentists48
  • Homecare agencies52
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 84% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 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

181 applications decided

96.1% granted · 174 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Recent votes:

  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 30
  • Con 3
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 9

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

8,215 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1,591 jobs advertised · £43,697 avg

e.g. Roadside Rescue Mechanic, Roadside Technician - Plymouth, Superflex Roadside Patrol

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£681 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3% · Solar 0%

383 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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 2026-10-05

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