EX17 6LW

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 6LN 387 m
EX20 2BW 812 m
EX17 6FA 830 m
EX17 6LB 950 m
EX20 2BR 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX17 6LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX17
Postcode sector
EX17 6
Latitude
50.807090
Longitude
-3.841529
British National Grid easting
270,344
British National Grid northing
102,455

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Mid Devon · E07000042
Parish or community
E04003064
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00101637
Lower layer super output area
Mid Devon 009A · E01020072
Middle layer super output area
Mid Devon 009 · E02004172

Postcode source versions

Explore EX17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Burrow Farm, Zeal Monachorum, Crediton, EX17 6LW 3 November 2020 £1,130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Bow Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  2. North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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% 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
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
100%

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

    2.5 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Burston Lane

    BCT · Bow

    0.8 miles
  • Burston Lane

    BCT · Bow

    0.8 miles
  • Meadow View

    BCT · Bow

    1.0 miles
  • Vine Terrace

    BCT · Bow

    1.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Bow

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Devon 009A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,680 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bow Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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