EX4 1HJ

St Thomas · Exeter · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Local authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter
Postcode district
EX4
Postcode sector
EX4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX4 1HW 25 m
EX2 9BJ 54 m
EX2 9BT 61 m
EX4 1JE 69 m
EX4 1HR 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX4 1HJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX4
Postcode sector
EX4 1
Latitude
50.714461
Longitude
-3.545195
British National Grid easting
291,007
British National Grid northing
91,677

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Exeter · E07000041
Electoral ward
St Thomas · E05011022
Parish or community
E43000052
Westminster constituency
Exeter · E14001231
Output area
E00101395
Lower layer super output area
Exeter 010C · E01020030
Middle layer super output area
Exeter 010 · E02004158

Postcode source versions

Explore EX4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
48
Primary
24
Secondary
4
  1. West Exe Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation

    Local authority nursery school

    46 m
  2. Belong School Devon

    Other independent special school

    249 m
  3. Bowhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    291 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
5,010
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,031
  • Shoplifting 724
  • Anti social behaviour 522
  • Criminal damage and arson 353
  • Public order 342

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX4 1 residents
8,793

Age bands in EX4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

1,550 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

940 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.7%

2,731 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

2,482 residents

Age 65 and over
19.1%

1,821 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

14

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST THOMAS MEDICAL GROUP

    ST. THOMAS HEALTH CENTRE, COWICK STREET, ST. THOMAS, EXETER, EX4 1HJ

    ODS code L83016

    0 m

  • FOXHAYES PRACTICE

    117 EXWICK ROAD, EXETER, EX4 2BH

    ODS code Y00568

    1.3 km

  • SOUTHERNHAY HOUSE SURGERY

    30 BARNFIELD ROAD, EXETER, EX1 1RX

    ODS code L83058

    1.8 km

  • IDE LANE SURGERY

    IDE LANE, ALPHINGTON, EXETER, EX2 8UP

    ODS code L83079

    1.8 km

  • ST LEONARDS PRACTICE

    ATHELSTAN ROAD, EXETER, EX1 1SB

    ODS code L83042

    1.9 km

  • BARNFIELD HILL SURGERY

    10-12 BARNFIELD HILL, EXETER, EX1 1SR

    ODS code L83024

    2.0 km

  • INCLUSION HEALTH DEVON CIC

    WAT TYLER HOUSE, KING WILLIAM STREET, EXETER, EX4 6PD

    ODS code L83673

    2.0 km

  • ISCA MEDICAL PRACTICE

    38 POLSLOE ROAD, EXETER, EX1 2DW

    ODS code L83099

    2.7 km

  • MOUNT PLEASANT HEALTH CENTRE

    MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, EXETER, EX4 7BW

    ODS code L83066

    2.9 km

  • HEAVITREE PRACTICE

    HEAVITREE HEALTH CENTRE, SOUTH LAWN TERRACE, EXETER, EX1 2RX

    ODS code L83077

    3.0 km

  • SOUTH LAWN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEAVITREE HEALTH CENTRE, SOUTH LAWN TERRACE, EXETER, EX1 2RX

    ODS code L83084

    3.0 km

  • WONFORD GREEN SURGERY

    BURNTHOUSE LANE, EXETER, EX2 6NF

    ODS code L83655

    3.2 km

  • WHIPTON SURGERY

    378 PINHOE ROAD, WHIPTON, EXETER, EX4 8EG

    ODS code L83115

    4.5 km

  • HILL BARTON SURGERY

    1 LOWER HILL BARTON ROAD, EXETER, EX1 3EN

    ODS code L83143

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Sawyer's Arms

    BCT · St Thomas

    0.1 miles
  • Old Vicarage Road

    BCT · St Thomas

    0.1 miles
  • First and Last Apartments

    BCT · St Thomas

    0.1 miles
  • Churchill Road

    BCT · St Thomas

    0.1 miles
  • Coleridge Road

    BCT · St Thomas

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Exeter 010C, 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

12,973 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 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.

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
1
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

48 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. West Exe Nursery School - Exeter Nursery Schools Federation is the nearest published school at 46 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,010 published events cover 12 months, averaging 417.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,031 events.

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