PL28 8FY Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

PL28 8FY is a postcode in Padstow, Cornwall, South West, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near PL28 8FY, then scores the surrounding small area 71/100 - top 16% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around PL28 8FY are schools and education and safety, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for PL28 8FY is based on Cornwall 008 Census 2021. It covers 6,775 residents, 88 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 46, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 62% owner-occupied, 19% privately rented, 17% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near PL28 8FY, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the PL28 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £498k from 47 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near PL28 8FY by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near PL28 8FY; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.