Is Plymouth a good place to live? 2026 area guide
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Is Plymouth a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £41,250, 1033 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 28.8%. Plymouth, a high-volume south-west city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Plymouth's 1 postcode area (PL4); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
Everything about Plymouth, in one place
A summary of each metric for Plymouth, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
Across Plymouth the typical (median) sold price is £41,250, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (PL4).
See Plymouth sold pricesdata.police.uk recorded 1033 crimes in the latest month across Plymouth's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Plymouth has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
See Plymouth crimeThe representative points across Plymouth sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address.
See Plymouth flood zoneThe indicative gross rental yield across Plymouth is about 28.8%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific.
See Plymouth rental yieldWhat are house prices like in Plymouth?
Across Plymouth the typical (median) sold price is £41,250, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (PL4).
Is Plymouth a safe place to live?
data.police.uk recorded 1033 crimes in the latest month across Plymouth's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Plymouth has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address.
Is Plymouth at risk of flooding?
The representative points across Plymouth sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address.
What are the EPC ratings like in Plymouth?
Across Plymouth the modal EPC band is D, with 31.9% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.
A
None
B
4.2%
C
27.7%
D
44.5%
E
18.1%
F
4.1%
G
1.5%
What are the schools and transport like in Plymouth?
School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Plymouth. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.
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Frequently asked questions about Plymouth
Is Plymouth a good place to live?
Is Plymouth a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, the typical sold price is £41,250, 1033 recorded crimes a month, flood risk is Zone 1, indicative gross rental yield is around 28.8%. Plymouth, a high-volume south-west city market. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Plymouth's 1 postcode area (PL4); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
What is the average house price in Plymouth?
Across Plymouth the typical (median) sold price is £41,250, aggregated from HM Land Registry data over 1 outcode (PL4). See the Plymouth sold-prices pages for the full recent-sales tables and local price trend.
Is Plymouth a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?
data.police.uk recorded 1033 crimes in the latest month across Plymouth's 1 mapped outcode. Like any town, Plymouth has safer and busier streets, so check the exact address. The representative points across Plymouth sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water. Check the exact address. Both are area-level screens. Risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.
What rental yield does Plymouth achieve?
The indicative gross rental yield across Plymouth is about 28.8%: ONS mean rent against the HM Land Registry median price. Indicative and area-level, not address-specific. See the rental-yield pages for the by-bedroom rent breakdown.
Sources
- Price Paid Data & UKHPI, HM Land Registry
- Price Index of Private Rents, Office for National Statistics
- Street-level crime, data.police.uk
- Flood-risk layers, Environment Agency / planning.data.gov.uk
- Energy Performance Certificates, MHCLG
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria is indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon. © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales (MHCLG, OGL v3.0)