Exeter
Exeter is covered by postcode districts EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4 and EX6. It is mostly in the Exeter council area: 3,391 of its 3,414 postcodes. The others are in Teignbridge and East Devon.
Every postcode in Exeter, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 135
- In use before 2020: 3,279
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,414 postcodes in Exeter that ONS places, 135 are new since 2020 and 3,279 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 150 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 50.7224, longitude -3.5155. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 32 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX1 9HG, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX1 3YN, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX2 7TU, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX4 8RR, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX2 0AY, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX2 4BU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Exeter?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 2,585 of the 3,297 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,199 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 525 of its 3,414 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St James Park (Devon), 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Exeter?
Homes in Exeter sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,153 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £450,000 209 sales
- Semi-detached £325,000 283 sales
- Terraced £275,000 459 sales
- Flat or maisonette £175,000 202 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole EX4 district, Exeter's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Exeter: 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
Are new homes being built in Exeter?
135 of the 3,414 postcodes now in use in Exeter came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 1,632 homes sold in Exeter were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX4 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Exeter | Across the EX4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 11 of 1,153 (Under 1%) | 0 of 442 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 55 of 1,632 (3%) | 37 of 677 (5%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Exeter?
Ofcom reports on 3,297 of the 3,414 postcodes in Exeter. At 2,585 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Exeter at risk of flooding?
525 of the 3,414 postcodes in Exeter 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 1,199 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Exeter?
The open schools at the postcodes in Exeter (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The Maynard School400 m 410 pupils, 484 places
- Exeter School400 m 973 pupils, 1,000 places
- Newtown Primary School500 m 128 pupils, 210 places
- Magdalen Court School500 m 143 pupils, 250 places
- Ladysmith Junior School650 m 340 pupils, 360 places
- Ladysmith Infant & Nursery School750 m 277 pupils, 350 places
- St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School750 m 615 pupils, 630 places
- St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy800 m 455 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Exeter?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Exeter is St James Park (Devon) Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- St James Park (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Exeter Central Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Polsloe Bridge Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Exeter?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Exeter, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Barnfield Hill Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01392 432761 400 mWalk
- St Leonards Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01392 201790 550 mWalk
- Southernhay House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01392 211266 550 mWalk
- Isca Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01392 273805 650 mWalk
- Heavitree Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01392 222099 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Exeter safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 8,289 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Exeter over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 742 September 2025
- 636 October 2025
- 640 November 2025
- 617 December 2025
- 623 January 2026
- 639 February 2026
- 713 March 2026
- 695 April 2026
- 739 May 2026
- 721 June 2026
- 821 July 2026
- 703 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: bicycle theft 203, vehicle crime 156, other crime 138, possession of weapons 94, robbery 82, theft from the person 67.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Exeter?
- Councils
- Exeter (3,391), Teignbridge (18) and East Devon (5)
- County council
- Devon
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Exeter (2,725), Exmouth and Exeter East (671) and Central Devon (18)
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Exeter
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Exeter is in Exeter; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Exeter about council tax Council tax, on exeter.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Exeter
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Exeter postcodes
3,414 postcodes in use in Exeter, by district:
Those districts are all in the EX postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Exeter
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Exeter's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Exeter
- What is it like to live in Exeter?
- Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 2,585 of the 3,297 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,199 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 525 of its 3,414 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St James Park (Devon), 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Exeter?
- Exeter is covered by postcode districts EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4 and EX6, across 3,414 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Exeter?
- Homes in Exeter sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,153 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Exeter?
- In Exeter, primary schools at its postcodes include The Maynard School, Exeter School and Newtown Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Maynard School, Exeter School and Magdalen Court School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Exeter have a railway station?
- Yes: St James Park (Devon) is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Exeter, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Exeter?
- Ofcom reports on 3,297 of the 3,414 postcodes in Exeter. At 2,585 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Exeter at risk of flooding?
- 525 of the 3,414 postcodes in Exeter 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 1,199 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Exeter?
- 135 of the 3,414 postcodes now in use in Exeter came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 1,632 homes sold in Exeter were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX4 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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