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Exton (East Devon)

Exton (East Devon) is a village in Devon, England. It has around 1 park and green, around 1 restaurant and café, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Exton, 0.4 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Exton (East Devon) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Devon area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 106th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability49
Affordable rents77
Good schools11
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation66
Employment90
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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:47

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Clyst Valley, Woodbury & Lympstone · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Working with local businesses to tackle retail crime
  • ASB driving. The boundary of this is sector wide so encompasses Exmouth seafront as much as issues on the Ottery patch including Clyst Ho…

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

Road safety

251 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

78 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 69 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Exton (0.4 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Exton (0.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£345,256 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£536,889
Semi-detached£339,346
Terraced£275,029
Flat£183,334

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£968 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £685
  • 2 bed £896
  • 3 bed £1,122

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

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

Property sales

2,363 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (7.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (7.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

47 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Exeter Supercharger (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,795
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,559
  • Net moves+2,236

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 195 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

65 inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

315 applications decided

90.5% granted · 285 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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

  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in EX3

  • Topsham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Exton railway station · 0.4 km

    Exton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Exton in Devon, England. It is situated on the Avocet Line which runs between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth.

  • Exton, Devon · 0.5 km

    Exton is a village in East Devon, Devon, England; it is situated on the east bank of the River Clyst, as it flows through the wider Exe Estuary. The town of Topsham lies 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north-west.

  • Commando Training Centre Royal Marines · 0.9 km

    Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) is the principal military training centre for the Royal Marines. It is situated near the villages of Lympstone and Exton, between the city of Exeter, and the town of Exmo…

  • Mountain Leader Training Cadre · 0.9 km

    The Mountain Leader Training Cadre is a training element of the United Kingdom's Royal Marines which provides instruction in mountain warfare, arctic warfare, cold weather survival and operations, and cliff assault. T…

  • River Clyst · 1.0 km

    The River Clyst is a river of Devon, England. The name derives from Old English, and translates as Clean-stream. The river lends its name to several settlements on its route, Clyst Honiton, Clyst St Lawrence, Clyst St…

  • Lympstone Commando railway station · 1.0 km

    Lympstone Commando railway station serves the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines on the Avocet Line between Exton and Lympstone Village, in Devon, England. The station is 6 miles 23 chains (10.1 km) from Exmouth J…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Exton (East Devon)?
Exton (East Devon) is a town in Devon, England, in the East Devon local authority.
How deprived is Exton (East Devon)?
The East Devon local authority, which includes Exton (East Devon), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.