Plymouth property guide

The largest city market in Devon and Cornwall.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Plymouth, City Of Plymouth. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach Exeter in about an hour and London Paddington in just over three hours.

Median sale price (12m)

£225,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,382

Open schools

238

About Plymouth

Plymouth rebuilt its centre after wartime bombing, so postwar stock sits beside Victorian terraces in Peverell, Mutley and Stoke. The Hoe and the waterfront carry the top prices.

Devonport remains one of Western Europe's largest naval bases, and the university and hospital add steady demand.

House prices in Plymouth

The median sale price in Plymouth over the last 12 months was £225,000, across 2,382 recorded transactions. That is 1.3% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Plymouth, accounting for 1,066 of the period's sales at a median of £212,500.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£385,000	246
Semi-detached	£268,000	593
Terraced	£212,500	1,066
Flat	£130,000	437
Other	£360,000	40

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Schools in Plymouth

Plymouth has 238 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 164 primary, 26 secondary and 35 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Plymouth centre

School	Postcode	Distance
King Edward VI Community College	TQ9 5JX	15.5 km
Ivybridge Community College	PL21 0JA	16.1 km
Coombeshead Academy	TQ12 1PT	16.8 km
Newton Abbot College	TQ12 2NF	17.1 km
South Devon UTC	TQ12 2QA	17.7 km

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Crime in Plymouth

In Plymouth, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (36.4%), anti-social behaviour (17.3%) and criminal damage and arson (10.2%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	36.4%
Anti-social behaviour	17.3%
Criminal damage and arson	10.2%
Other theft	8.4%
Public order	6.9%

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Postcode districts in Plymouth

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Plymouth boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
PL1	39,712
PL2	39,712
PL3	39,712
PL4	39,712
PL5	39,712

Frequently asked questions about Plymouth

The median sale price in Plymouth over the last 12 months was £225,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 238 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Plymouth area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Plymouth over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 39,712 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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