Exeter

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:44

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

698 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences233
• Shoplifting122
• Anti-social behaviour106
• Criminal damage & arson54

77 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Exeter City Centre · Devon And Cornwall

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

189 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 444 rated 4–5 ★ (402 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Exeter Central (0.5 km)
• 103 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,403 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Exeter · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,318 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

• 1 bed £915
• 2 bed £1,131
• 3 bed £1,362

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,479 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (2.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (2.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

66 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Princesshay Shopping Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms11
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches31
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,387
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK17,797
• Net moves−1,410

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 187 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,495 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

52 schools · 17,194 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 20 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Exeter

829 CQC-registered services

• Care homes309
• GP practices118
• Dentists156
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• In a conservation area (Central)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 622 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

121 applications decided

76.9% granted · 93 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Steve Race

Labour

Exeter

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens74
• Restaurants & cafés209

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2,126 jobs advertised · £40,499 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver - Exeter, Flexible Self-Employed Delivery Driver Opportunity - Exeter, Morning Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Solar 18% · Wind 7%

298 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

12 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in EX1

• Barnfield Hill Surgery
• Pinhoe Surgery
• St Leonards Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exeter:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks427 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases392 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones289 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND182 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund culturally appropriate retirement support for Polish veterans and families129 local signatures · 10,780 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Exeter Blackfriars · 0.1 km

  Exeter Blackfriars was a Dominican priory in the centre of Exeter, the county town of Devon in England. It was dissolved in 1538.

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  Princesshay · 0.1 km

  Princesshay is a shopping precinct in the city Exeter, Devon, England. Its original configuration was built in the early 1950s to replace buildings severely damaged in World War II Baedeker Blitz. From 2005 the precin…

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  Cathedral Close, Exeter · 0.1 km

  The area of Cathedral Close, Exeter has been in the centre of Exeter, Devon, England, since Roman times when there was a basilica and a bath house in this area. A church was established here by the seventh century whe…

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  Devon and Exeter Institution · 0.1 km

  The Devon and Exeter Institution is a subscription library in the City of Exeter, in Devon, United Kingdom, founded in 1813 for "The general diffusion of science, literature and the arts". It is situated at 7, Cathedr…

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  Barnfield Theatre · 0.1 km

  The Barnfield Theatre is a theatre in Exeter, England, located near the centre of the city on Barnfield Road, Southernhay. It was originally built as the Barnfield Hall near the end of the 19th century by Exeter Liter…

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  2008 Exeter attempted bombing · 0.1 km

  The Exeter bombing was a failed bombing attempt that took place on 22 May 2008, at the Giraffe cafe and restaurant in Princesshay, Exeter, England. The bomber, Nicky Reilly, 22, from Plymouth, who was the only person…

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