EX2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Exeter, Alphington and Countess Wear, in Exeter.
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 EX2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 86% of people in EX2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How EX2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EX2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EX2 at a rate of 100.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.8 per 1,000 people across the EX postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 438 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EX2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,885), other crime (948) and anti-social behaviour (546).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EX2 was 98.7 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 EX2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EX2 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in EX2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter 009B | 2,240 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| Exeter 009C | 1,523 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| Exeter 009D | 1,410 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Exeter 010D | 1,626 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Exeter 010E | 1,555 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.5% |
| Exeter 011A | 1,704 | 167.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| Exeter 011B | 1,615 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Exeter 011F | 1,458 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| Exeter 011G | 2,080 | 293.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.2% |
| Exeter 011H | 1,169 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Exeter 011I | 2,120 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Exeter 012A | 1,482 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Exeter 012C | 1,475 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| Exeter 012D | 1,471 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Exeter 013A | 1,404 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Exeter 013B | 1,994 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Exeter 013C | 1,339 | 257.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.0% |
| Exeter 013D | 1,488 | 142.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Exeter 013E | 2,072 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.0% |
| Exeter 014A | 1,472 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Exeter 014B | 1,278 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| Exeter 014C | 1,221 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Exeter 014D | 1,541 | 187.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.4% |
| Exeter 014E | 1,425 | 180.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| Exeter 015A | 1,340 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% |
| Exeter 015B | 1,575 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Exeter 015G | 1,827 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Teignbridge 001A | 1,251 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.3% |
MPs for EX2
- Steve RaceLabourMP for Exeter65% of EX2’s postcodes
- David ReedConservativeMP for Exmouth and Exeter East25% of EX2’s postcodes
- Sir Mel StrideConservativeMP for Central Devon9.1% of EX2’s postcodes
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 EX26
Postcode sectors in EX27
Council1
Towns in EX21
Postcode districts next to EX25
Nearest rail stations4
More in the EX postcode area2
EX2 in brief
EX2 is a postcode district covering Exeter, Alphington and Countess Wear, in Exeter.
About 46,623 people lived in EX2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,625 in 2025 across 746 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in EX2 was £310,625 in 2025.
EX2 had 45,011 usual residents at the census.
About 86% of people in EX2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In EX2, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.