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Exe Valley

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The west of the East Devon. About 2,540 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 37 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 65% of people in Exe Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,463
Joint 604th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
65%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
29.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Exe Valley compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Exe ValleyMiddle
Population30 wards, East Devon · 2021
Population: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 2,102 to 8,124. The middle area is 4,968. Exe Valley is 2,463.
2,4635th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, East Devon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 27.0%. Exe Valley is 65.0%.
65%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, East Devon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 7.0% to 99.7%. The middle area is 72.4%. Exe Valley is 29.1%.
29.1%4th lowest
Claimant rate30 wards, East Devon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.8% to 3.6%. The middle area is 1.8%. Exe Valley is 1.9%.
1.9%joint 13th highest

Is Exe Valley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Exe Valley at a rate of 32.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 46.7 per 1,000 people across East Devon.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 9 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Exe Valley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (32), other crime (13) and anti-social behaviour (8).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of East Devon

These figures are published for the whole of East Devon, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Devon and not Exe Valley alone. See East Devon

Average house price
£339,683
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,087
136th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.5×
Joint 105th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.5
Joint 91st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Exe Valley in brief

Exe Valley had 2,463 usual residents at the census.

About 65% of people in Exe Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Exe Valley, 29.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Exe Valley, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.