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 (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 130,709 residents at roughly 2,780 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 208th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% 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
9°CClear
- Today: 11° / 6° · 16% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:48
9h 41m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
16US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 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
Crime
3 reported · August 2026▼ 73% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences3
Neighbourhood team: Exminster & Rural · Devon And Cornwall
Local policing priorities
- Theft - Shoplifting
- Anti-Social Behaviour and Illegal E-Bikes
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
196 food businesses within 2 miles
- 178 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
- 3 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
£289,403 average▼ 0.7% YoY
Across Exeter · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
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
Property sales
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
5 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)
Internal migration
- 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
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 187 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
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%)
41 inspected 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
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
- 47 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
121 applications decided
76.9% granted · 93 granted, 28 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
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
5,960 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised · £34,000 avg
e.g. Laboratory 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
Health
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
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
Health services
17 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX2
- North And East Devon Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
- Ide Lane Surgery
- Wonford Green Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:
- Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones1,246 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks759 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases411 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND286 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately195 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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 IoD2025.