EX17 5DB

Yeo · Mid Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Crediton
Ward
Yeo
Local authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
EX17
Postcode sector
EX17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX17 5DE 196 m
EX17 5DA 222 m
EX17 5BZ 239 m
EX17 5DD 426 m
EX17 5JL 471 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX17 5DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX17
Postcode sector
EX17 5
Latitude
50.794222
Longitude
-3.743753
British National Grid easting
277,199
British National Grid northing
100,857

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Mid Devon · E07000042
Electoral ward
Yeo · E05014817
Parish or community
E04013323
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00101660
Lower layer super output area
Mid Devon 009C · E01020076
Middle layer super output area
Mid Devon 009 · E02004172

Postcode source versions

Explore EX17

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunnybank, Coleford, Crediton, EX17 5DB 29 August 2025 £263,000
Poachers Cottage, Coleford, Crediton, EX17 5DB 16 December 2024 £505,000
Cove Cottage, Coleford, Crediton, EX17 5DB 12 March 2021 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Copplestone Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.0 km
  2. Yeoford Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Landscore Primary School

    Community school

    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Bicycle theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
EX17 5 residents
3,549

Age bands in EX17 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

632 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

311 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

799 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,073 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

861 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX17 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
55.6%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BOW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ITER CROSS, BOW, CREDITON, EX17 6FB

    ODS code Y02633

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Gospel Hall

    BCT · Coleford

    0.1 miles
  • Gospel Hall

    BCT · Coleford

    0.1 miles
  • Mill

    BCT · Colebrooke

    0.2 miles
  • Mill

    BCT · Colebrooke

    0.2 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Colebrooke

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Devon 009C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,002 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £384,000 from 2 recorded sales in EX17 5DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mid Devon is £284,283 in June 2026, down 1.1% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Copplestone Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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