EX5 7LH

Cranbrook · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX5 7JW 188 m
EX5 2PJ 195 m
EX5 7LF 253 m
EX5 7JY 254 m
EX5 7DY 274 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX5 7LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX5
Postcode sector
EX5 7
Latitude
50.754449
Longitude
-3.380865
British National Grid easting
302,691
British National Grid northing
95,894

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Electoral ward
Cranbrook · E05011788
Parish or community
E04012467
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00180253
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 021F · E01034623
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 021 · E02007027

Postcode source versions

Explore EX5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Cranbrook Education Campus

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km
  3. Whimple Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
234
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Anti social behaviour 23
  • Public order 15
  • Other crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX5 7 residents
6,510

Age bands in EX5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
29.1%

1,831 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

589 residents

Age 25 to 44
44.5%

2,804 residents

Age 45 to 64
13.5%

849 residents

Age 65 and over
3.6%

225 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

  • CRANBROOK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    YOUNGHAYES CENTRE, YOUNGHAYES ROAD, CRANBROOK, EXETER, EX5 7DR

    ODS code Y04662

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Yonder Acre Way

    BCT · Cranbrook

    0.4 miles
  • Yonder Acre Way

    BCT · Cranbrook

    0.4 miles
  • Little Field

    BCT · Rockbeare

    0.4 miles
  • Little Field

    BCT · Rockbeare

    0.4 miles
  • Dove Lane

    BCT · Cranbrook

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 021F, 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

13,438 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

234 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

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