Plymouth

18°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:39

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

1197 reported · July 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences480
• Anti-social behaviour226
• Shoplifting102
• Other theft93

59 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Plymouth City Centre · Devon And Cornwall

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

423 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 396 rated 4–5 ★ (340 top)
• 28 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Plymouth (0.7 km)
• 98 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (0.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

86 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Plymouth Coach Station (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms8
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches43
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,442 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Plymouth

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

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

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

164 applications decided

93.3% granted · 153 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Luke Pollard

Labour (Co-op)

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies12
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens203
• Restaurants & cafés282

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

£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

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Solar 44% · Gas 42% · Wind 14% · Imports 0%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership602 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership368 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office361 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s319 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases267 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Plymouth coach station · 0.2 km

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