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.
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 213th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.
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
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
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)
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
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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:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership637 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Ide Halt railway station · 0.3 kmIde 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 kmIde 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 kmCowick 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 kmWest 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 kmAlphington 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 kmShillingford 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)
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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.