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Ide

Ide is a village in Devon, England. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 11 restaurants and cafés, with 19 bus stops and Exeter St Thomas railway station 1.7 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ide 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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

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

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Exminster & Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour
  • Disruption of drug supply

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

216 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 177 rated 4–5 ★ (163 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Exeter St Thomas (2.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Exeter St Thomas (2.7 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 (4.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (5.1 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

65 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: UK_EX_COWICK (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches1

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 47 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

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

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

35 jobs advertised · £36,468 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Become a Computer science Tutor in Ide – Flexible & Remote, Online Programming Tutoring Job in Ide – Flexible Schedule

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

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 Central Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ide Halt railway station · 0.3 km

    Ide Halt was a railway station serving Ide, a small village in Devon, England located on the Teign Valley Line between Newton Abbot and Exeter.

  • Ide, Devon · 0.7 km

    Ide is a village in Devon, England, just under 1 mile southwest of Exeter. The village church is dedicated to the German Saint Ida of Herzfeld and was rebuilt in 1834.

  • Cowick, Devon · 1.7 km

    Cowick is a suburb of the City of Exeter in Devon. Historically it was a manor situated in the parish of St Thomas, Exeter, within the hundred of Wonford. It was formerly the site of a Benedictine monastery.

  • West Exe School · 2.0 km

    West Exe School is a coeducational secondary school located in Exeter, with a catchment area covering St Thomas, Alphington, and some parts of Exwick.

  • Alphington Halt railway station · 2.1 km

    Alphington Halt railway station was a small station serving the village of Alphington located on the Teign Valley Line, which opened in 1882 and closed in 1961. This diverged from the South Devon Main Line at Exeter a…

  • Shillingford St George · 2.2 km

    Shillingford St. George is a village on the outskirts of Exeter, Teignbridge, England. It is about 3 miles south of the City of Exeter. At the 2021 census, the village had a population of 395.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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