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West Clyst

West Clyst is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 19 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Pinhoe, 1.1 km away. There were around 67 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 West Clyst 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

10°CCloudy

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 31% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:44

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US 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

66 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences41
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Ottery Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Drug related ASB. This is a whole sector priority reflecting the fact that this effects not just Exmouth town but also Budleigh, Cranbroo…
  • Illegal retail shops. This is targeted specifically at shops that are using migrant staff of whatever status, to sell counterfeit/smuggle…

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

129 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 116 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pinhoe (1.1 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pinhoe (1.0 km):

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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 (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (6.1 km)

4 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: UK_EX_LANGATON_01 (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds12

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
  • 22 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

Your MP

David Reed

Conservative

Exmouth and Exeter East

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens398
  • Restaurants & cafés8

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

Grid electricity

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Solar 18% · Wind 7%

298 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

12 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in EX1

  • Barnfield Hill Surgery
  • Pinhoe Surgery
  • St Leonards Practice

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

  • Pinhoe · 0.7 km

    Pinhoe is a former village, manor and ecclesiastical parish, now a suburb on the north eastern outskirts of the City of Exeter in the county of Devon, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of 6,108 people res…

  • Pinhoe railway station · 1.1 km

    Pinhoe railway station is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, that serves the village of Pinhoe. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1871,…

  • Battle of Pinhoe · 1.2 km

    The Battle of Pinhoe took place between the Danes and the men of Devon and Somerset at Pinhoe, Devon.

  • Monkerton · 1.2 km

    Monkerton is a small hamlet located within the village of Pinhoe, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Exeter in the county of Devon, England. It lies near Pinhoe railway station, which provides local rail connections.

  • Poltimore House · 1.4 km

    Poltimore House is an 18th-century country house in Poltimore, Devon, England. The Manor of Poltimore was from the 13th to the 20th century the seat of the Bampfylde family, which acquired the title Baron Poltimore in…

  • Exeter Science Park · 1.6 km

    Exeter Science Park is an English centre of activity for businesses in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM).

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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