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Exmouth

Town

Town in East Devon, South West.

Exmouth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Exmouth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Exmouth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£325,000
Joint 341st most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
35,502
310th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Exmouth compares

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

ExmouthMiddle
Median sale price116 towns, South West · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South West116 areas from £195,000 to £448,750. The middle area is £286,875. Exmouth is £325,000.
£325,000joint 31st most expensive
Population116 towns, South West · 2021
Population: every town in South West116 areas from 7,704 to 425,196. The middle area is 14,963. Exmouth is 35,502.
35,50222nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares116 towns, South West · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South West116 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Exmouth is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage116 towns, South West · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South West116 areas from 28.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.3%. Exmouth is 97.1%.
97.1%joint 5th highest

Is Exmouth safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Exmouth at a rate of 63.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.

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

In August 2026 alone, 171 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Exmouth.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,040), other crime (387) and anti-social behaviour (294).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Exmouth was 64.2 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 Exmouth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Exmouth has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 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 Exmouth

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Devon 015A1,44944.6 per 1,000495.4%
East Devon 015B1,88720.7 per 1,0001098.1%
East Devon 015C1,51519.8 per 1,000798.7%
East Devon 015D1,4938.2 per 1,000895.3%
East Devon 016A1,72145.0 per 1,000599.9%
East Devon 016B1,82034.9 per 1,00010100.0%
East Devon 016C1,70947.9 per 1,0007100.0%
East Devon 016D1,61429.2 per 1,000898.8%
East Devon 018A1,62453.8 per 1,000598.5%
East Devon 018B1,58719.4 per 1,000899.7%
East Devon 018C1,57861.8 per 1,000497.0%
East Devon 018D1,28543.3 per 1,000593.3%
East Devon 018E1,46754.8 per 1,000484.9%
East Devon 019A1,984260.1 per 1,000393.9%
East Devon 019B1,55854.7 per 1,000699.5%
East Devon 019C1,715129.9 per 1,000499.3%
East Devon 019D1,72057.9 per 1,000498.7%
East Devon 020A1,63436.8 per 1,000697.0%
East Devon 020B1,80279.0 per 1,000998.7%
East Devon 020C2,466103.6 per 1,000293.7%
East Devon 020D1,87427.7 per 1,000999.1%

Your MP

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Postcode districts covering Exmouth1

Middle areas in Exmouth5

Towns near Exmouth6

Exmouth in brief

Exmouth is a town in East Devon, South West.

About 36,204 people lived in Exmouth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 581 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Exmouth was £325,000 in 2025.

Exmouth had 35,502 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Exmouth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Exmouth, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.