EX17 6EX

Upper Yeo & Taw · Mid Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Crediton
Local authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
EX17
Postcode sector
EX17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX17 6EU 24 m
EX17 6EN 42 m
EX17 6TA 54 m
EX17 6EY 61 m
EX17 6EW 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX17 6EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX17
Postcode sector
EX17 6
Latitude
50.801426
Longitude
-3.818528
British National Grid easting
271,949
British National Grid northing
101,785

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Mid Devon · E07000042
Parish or community
E04003006
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00101656
Lower layer super output area
Mid Devon 009C · E01020076
Middle layer super output area
Mid Devon 009 · E02004172

Postcode source versions

Explore EX17

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lower White Hart Cottage, Bow, Crediton, EX17 6EX 26 August 2014 £95,000
Upper White Hart Cottage, Bow, Crediton, EX17 6EX 21 February 2014 £130,000
Lower White Hart Cottage, Bow, Crediton, EX17 6EX 28 July 2003 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Bow Community Primary School

    Community school

    479 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
31
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Burglary 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
EX17 6 residents
4,415

Age bands in EX17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

688 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

382 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

772 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,351 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

1,161 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX17 6 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BOW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ITER CROSS, BOW, CREDITON, EX17 6FB

    ODS code Y02633

    850 m

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Vine Terrace

    BCT · Bow

    0.0 miles
  • Meadow View

    BCT · Bow

    0.0 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Bow

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Bow

    0.2 miles
  • Burston Lane

    BCT · Bow

    0.3 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bow Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 479 m.

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

Recorded crime

31 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

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