EX16 5NX

Tiverton Westexe · Mid Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Mid Devon
Postcode district
EX16
Postcode sector
EX16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX16 5NY 222 m
EX16 5BQ 227 m
EX16 5HW 275 m
EX16 5BL 280 m
EX16 5PJ 286 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX16 5NX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX16
Postcode sector
EX16 5
Latitude
50.897821
Longitude
-3.500163
British National Grid easting
294,600
British National Grid northing
112,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Mid Devon · E07000042
Parish or community
E04003055
Westminster constituency
Tiverton and Minehead · E14001548
Output area
E00101679
Lower layer super output area
Mid Devon 005C · E01020079
Middle layer super output area
Mid Devon 005 · E02004168

Postcode source versions

Explore EX16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. ACE Tiverton Special School

    Free schools special

    402 m
  2. Heathcoat Primary School

    Foundation school

    507 m
  3. St John's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    873 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,126
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 447
  • Criminal damage and arson 154
  • Anti social behaviour 149
  • Shoplifting 101
  • Other theft 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX16 5 residents
5,731

Age bands in EX16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.2%

1,096 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

555 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,404 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

1,372 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,271 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • AMICUS HEALTH

    CLARE HOUSE SURGERY, NEWPORT STREET, TIVERTON, EX16 6NJ

    ODS code L83085

    1.2 km

  • CASTLE PLACE PRACTICE

    KENNEDY WAY, TIVERTON, EX16 6NP

    ODS code L83052

    1.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Higher Cotteylands

    BCT · Cotteylands

    0.2 miles
  • Arnold Crescent

    BCT · Cotteylands

    0.2 miles
  • Palmerston Park

    BCT · Cotteylands

    0.2 miles
  • Orchard Way

    BCT · Cotteylands

    0.3 miles
  • Lower Cotteylands

    BCT · Cotteylands

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Devon 005C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,150 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. ACE Tiverton Special School is the nearest published school at 402 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,126 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 447 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.