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EX20 4YS

Okehampton South · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Okehampton South
Local authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX20 1HW 1 m
EX20 1WY 1 m
EX20 1YX 1 m
EX20 9AP 1 m
EX20 9AR 1 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX20 4YS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 November 2001
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4
Latitude
50.737675
Longitude
-4.003195
British National Grid easting
258,745
British National Grid northing
95,033

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward
Okehampton South · E05010562
Parish or community
E04003342
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00102999
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 002D · E01020330
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 002 · E02004230

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
2
Secondary
1

  1. Okehampton College

    Academy converter

    263 m

  2. The Promise School

    Free schools special

    349 m

  3. The Promise School

    Free schools special

    383 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
602
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 274
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Public order 46
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX20 4 residents
3,282

Age bands in EX20 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

400 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

291 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.8%

478 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.6%

1,087 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

978 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • OKEHAMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST STREET, OKEHAMPTON, EX20 1AY

    ODS code L83087

    413 m

Nearby transport

  • Tenby House

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.0 miles

  • West Street

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles

  • West Street

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Fore Street

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles

  • Fore Street Arcade

    BCT · Okehampton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 002D, 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

11,291 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Okehampton College is the nearest published school at 263 m.

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

Recorded crime

602 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 274 events.

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