Property market
The five-year median is £253,000 from 711 recorded sales in EX38. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Torridge is £260,783 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.
EX38
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 392
- Current units
- 314
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 78
Postcode sectors in EX38
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
5,120 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Roscoff Close, Torrington, EX38 7ND | 24 July 2026 | £195,000 |
| 115, Castle Hill Gardens, Torrington, EX38 8EX | 22 July 2026 | £260,000 |
| 35, Caddywell Meadow, Torrington, EX38 7NZ | 22 July 2026 | £155,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 337
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 176
- Shoplifting 36
- Criminal damage and arson 34
- Anti social behaviour 31
- Public order 22
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- EX38 usual residents
- 8,421
- Age-profile population
- 8,276
Age bands in EX38
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- 1,219 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- 784 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- 1,621 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- 2,382 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.4%
- 2,270 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 306 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- 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
- 90%
In this district, 230 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 76 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 4 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CASTLE GARDENS SURGERY
CASTLE HILL GARDENS, TORRINGTON, EX38 8EU
ODS code L83105
TORRINGTON HEALTH CENTRE
NEW ROAD, TORRINGTON, EX38 8EL
ODS code L83026
Evidence in context
Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
337 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.