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Exeter

Exeter is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 130,709. It has around 1 school, 3 GP surgeries, 4 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 51 restaurants and cafés, along with 73 bus stops and the Polsloe Bridge railway station 0.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £359,197, and there were around 726 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Exeter area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Exeter area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 130,709 residents at roughly 2,780 people per km².

Council
Exeter
County
Devon
Constituency
Exeter
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 16° · 90% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:35

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

806 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences313
  • Shoplifting141
  • Anti-social behaviour129
  • Criminal damage & arson46

70 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Exeter City Centre · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Engagement - Increase and maintain engagement across all communities Shop Theft – Reduce shop theft across Exeter sector Drugs – increase…

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

  • 437 rated 4–5 ★ (396 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Exeter Central (0.5 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 (2.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (10.7 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: Princesshay Shopping Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

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

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 (Central)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 622 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 & clinics15
  • Pharmacies8
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens74
  • Restaurants & cafés209

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Solar 48% · Gas 34% · Wind 9% · Imports 7%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exeter:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Exeter?
Exeter is a town in Devon, England, in the Exeter local authority.
What is the population of Exeter?
Exeter has an approximate settlement population of 130,709.
How deprived is Exeter?
The Exeter local authority, which includes Exeter, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.