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Exeter

Exeter is a city in Devon, England, with a population of around 127,000. It features 2 schools, 8 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 157 restaurants and cafés, along with 65 bus stops and St James' Park railway station 1.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 658 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Exeter is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 130,709 residents at roughly 2,780 people per km².

42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 213th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability49
Affordable rents23
Good schools0
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation61
Employment86
Low council tax33

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

21°CCloudy

  • Today: 23° / 10° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:37

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

733 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences290
  • Shoplifting124
  • Anti-social behaviour118
  • Public order46

62 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newtown & St Leonards · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Engagement
  • Tackling ASB, both in residential areas and city centre.

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

Road safety

194 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 217 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 430 rated 4–5 ★ (389 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: St James' Park (1.3 km)
  • 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Polsloe Bridge (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£280,982 average 1.7% YoY

Across Exeter · to 2026-06

Detached£515,379
Semi-detached£343,252
Terraced£280,798
Flat£164,582

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,320 average monthly rent 1.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £917
  • 2 bed £1,133
  • 3 bed £1,364

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (3.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (0.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

66 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Barrack Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms8
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches45
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

130,709 residents in Exeter · 2,780/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 69%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 193 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,495 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 61,380)

A £1,664
B £1,941
C £2,218
D £2,495
E £3,050
F £3,604
G £4,159
H £4,991

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

Schools

52 schools · 17,194 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 10 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (53%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Luke's Church of England SchoolGood
  • West Exe SchoolGood
  • Isca Academy
  • St James School
  • St Peter's Church of England Aided School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Exeter

Care & health services

832 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes310
  • GP practices118
  • Dentists158
  • Homecare agencies155
  • Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (St Leonards)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 448 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

157 applications decided

86.6% granted · 136 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Steve Race

Labour

Exeter

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 1
  • LD 5
  • Grn 10
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics13
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens64
  • Restaurants & cafés183

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2,869 jobs advertised · £39,608 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Exeter, Clean Water Designer, Roadside Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£678 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,949 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,278 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Solar 56% · Wind 19% · Gas 19% · Imports 5%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

17 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX2

  • North And East Devon Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
  • Ide Lane Surgery
  • Wonford Green Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exeter:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Exeter School · 0.1 km

    Exeter School is a private co-educational day school for pupils between the ages of 3 and 18 in Exeter, Devon, England. The younger year groups are based at Exeter Pre-Prep School in Exminster, which was previously kn…

  • Livery Dole · 0.2 km

    Livery Dole in Exeter, Devon, is an ancient triangular site between what is today Heavitree Road and Magdalen Road, in the eastern suburbs of Exeter. It was most notoriously used as a place for executions, and has con…

  • University of Exeter Medical School · 0.3 km

    University of Exeter Medical School is the medical school of the University of Exeter in England. It is based at the St Luke's Campus and offers a five-year course leading to the award of the Bachelor of Medicine, Bac…

  • St Michael and All Angels' Church, Heavitree, Exeter · 0.4 km

    The Church of St Michael and All Angels is the main Church of England parish church for the suburb of Heavitree, located in the city of Exeter, Devon. The present building is a large and imposing Gothic Revival struct…

  • Bramdean School · 0.4 km

    Bramdean School, Exeter was a private school situated in Heavitree, Exeter, founded in 1901 and closed in 2020.

  • Exeter Tutorial College · 0.4 km

    Exeter Tutorial College is a small private school and sixth form located in Exeter, Devon, England. The school was founded in 1984 and withdrew from OFSTED in 2020. Prior to the OFSTED file closing, the school offers…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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