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EX1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Exeter, Newtown and Monkerton, in Exeter and East Devon.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an EX1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 47% of people in EX1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£320,000
Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,321
1,007th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
47%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How EX1 compares

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

EX1Middle
Median sale price33 postcode districts, EX · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in EX33 areas from £243,620 to £550,000. The middle area is £299,000. EX1 is £320,000.
£320,00011th most expensive
Population33 postcode districts, EX · 2021
Population: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 1,608 to 60,310. The middle area is 14,585. EX1 is 28,321.
28,3217th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares33 postcode districts, EX · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 95.0%. EX1 is 47.0%.
47%joint 6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage33 postcode districts, EX · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 12.7% to 96.7%. The middle area is 64.8%. EX1 is 90.4%.
90.4%4th highest

Is EX1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EX1 at a rate of 121.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.8 per 1,000 people across the EX postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 349 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EX1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,673), other crime (691) and anti-social behaviour (665).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EX1 was 119.6 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in EX1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EX1 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in EX1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Devon 021D1,76741.2 per 1,000798.6%
East Devon 021E1,76768.1 per 1,000899.3%
Exeter 003D2,40351.0 per 1,000898.2%
Exeter 006A1,75855.6 per 1,000784.6%
Exeter 006B1,16059.0 per 1,000999.3%
Exeter 006D1,83531.0 per 1,000899.7%
Exeter 006E1,38642.0 per 1,000997.0%
Exeter 007A1,441100.5 per 1,000999.6%
Exeter 007B1,43894.0 per 1,000699.4%
Exeter 007C1,40593.2 per 1,000395.4%
Exeter 007D1,86269.1 per 1,000395.6%
Exeter 007E1,31362.8 per 1,000699.8%
Exeter 008A1,54682.8 per 1,000691.8%
Exeter 008B2,352320.9 per 1,000356.5%
Exeter 008F1,432736.3 per 1,000476.9%
Exeter 008G1,352260.7 per 1,000280.9%
Exeter 009A1,17559.9 per 1,000792.8%
Exeter 011E2,62185.7 per 1,000995.6%

MPs for EX1

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in EX13

Postcode sectors in EX15

Councils EX1 covers2

Towns in EX11

Postcode districts next to EX13

Nearest rail stations4

More in the EX postcode area2

EX1 in brief

EX1 is a postcode district covering Exeter, Newtown and Monkerton, in Exeter and East Devon.

About 33,309 people lived in EX1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 503 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in EX1 was £320,000 in 2025.

EX1 had 28,321 usual residents at the census.

About 47% of people in EX1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In EX1, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.