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Broadclyst

Broadclyst is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,500. There are 12 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Cranbrook, 1.9 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Broadclyst area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Devon area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,824 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
East Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
East Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 100th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Home affordability49
Affordable rents77
Good schools11
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation75
Employment92
Low council tax13

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 9° · 63% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:41

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Ottery Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • 1. ASB driving. The boundary of this is sector wide so encompasses Exmouth seafront as much as issues on the Ottery patch including Clyst…
  • Drug related ASB. This is a whole sector priority reflecting the fact that this effects not just Exmouth town but also Budleigh, Cranbroo…

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

Road safety

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

34 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cranbrook (2.0 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cranbrook (Devon) (2.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£345,757 average 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£538,966
Semi-detached£338,579
Terraced£274,572
Flat£184,423

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£965 average monthly rent 6.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £683
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,118

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 (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: UK_EX_LANGATON_01 (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 54%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

A £1,730
B £2,019
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,172
F £3,749
G £4,326
H £5,191

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

Schools

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colyton Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Axe Valley AcademyGood
  • Clyst Vale Community CollegeGood
  • Exmouth Community CollegeRequires improvement
  • Honiton Community College
  • Sidmouth College
  • The King's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Devon

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

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

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

Planning decisions

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Con 12
  • LD 22
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 23

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens59
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £47,201 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Delivery Driver, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exmouth and Exeter East:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Broadclyst · 0.0 km

    Broadclyst is a village and civil parish in the East Devon local government district. It lies approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of the city of Exeter, Devon, England, on the B3181. In 2011 its population was 1,…

  • Clyst Vale Community College · 1.0 km

    Clyst Vale Community College is a secondary school in Dog Village (Broadclyst), East Devon near Exeter in England. Since April 2011 it has been an academy.

  • Cranbrook railway station (Devon) · 2.0 km

    Cranbrook railway station serves the new town of Cranbrook near Exeter in Devon, England. The station is on the West of England Main Line between Whimple and Pinhoe stations, 166 miles 15 chains (267.5 km) down the li…

  • Broad Clyst railway station · 2.2 km

    Broad Clyst railway station is a disused railway station on the West of England Main Line which served the nearby village of Broadclyst from 1860 until its closure in 1966.

  • Poltimore House · 2.4 km

    Poltimore House is an 18th-century country house in Poltimore, Devon, England. The Manor of Poltimore was from the 13th to the 20th century the seat of the Bampfylde family, which acquired the title Baron Poltimore in…

  • Poltimore · 2.5 km

    Poltimore is a village, civil parish and former manor in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It lies approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Exeter. The parish consisted of 122 households and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Broadclyst?
Broadclyst is a town in Devon, England, in the East Devon local authority.
How deprived is Broadclyst?
The East Devon local authority, which includes Broadclyst, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.