EX17 postcode district: Crediton and around, Devon

EX17 is a postcode district in Devon, with 1,010 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Crediton and Bow. It is split between 3 councils: Mid Devon (956 postcodes), West Devon (34) and North Devon (20).

Postcodes in use: 1,010
Sectors: 7
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in EX17, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 30
In use before 2020: 980
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,010 postcodes in EX17 that ONS places, 30 are new since 2020 and 980 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8121, longitude -3.7055. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

EX17 4DUJuly 2026 EX17 4EZJuly 2026 EX17 4DTJune 2026 EX17 6FSJune 2026 EX17 4PXApril 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX17 4DU, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in EX17?

Ofcom reports on 988 of the 1,010 postcodes in EX17. At 444 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 75 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit444 of 988

Postcodes where every home can get superfast689 of 988

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband75 of 988

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is EX17 at risk of flooding?

89 of the 1,010 postcodes in EX17 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 221 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 89 of 1,010 postcodes High: 129Medium: 92Low: 145Very low: 3

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in EX17?

Homes in EX17 sold for a typical £305,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, up 7.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£305,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£283,500 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 7.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £386,875 84 sales
Semi-detached £280,000 48 sales
Terraced £233,000 53 sales
Flat or maisonette £140,000 10 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it