EX8 1QB

Exmouth Town · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 1QD 7 m
EX8 1QH 47 m
EX8 1SB 54 m
EX8 1QA 75 m
EX8 1SA 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 1QB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 October 2004
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 1
Latitude
50.624249
Longitude
-3.411176
British National Grid easting
300,277
British National Grid northing
81,457

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04003003
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100819
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 019D · E01019919
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 019 · E02004147

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Exeter Road Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    214 m
  2. Exmouth Community College

    Academy converter

    476 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth

    Academy converter

    657 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,516
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 681
  • Anti social behaviour 185
  • Criminal damage and arson 164
  • Shoplifting 104
  • Other theft 94

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX8 1 residents
6,721

Age bands in EX8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

897 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

705 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,667 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,970 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

1,437 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    618 m

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    618 m

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    EXMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE, CLAREMONT GROVE, EXMOUTH, EX8 2JF

    ODS code L83056

    767 m

Nearby transport

  • The Park

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.0 miles
  • All Saints Church

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.0 miles
  • Police Station

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.2 miles
  • Police Station

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.2 miles
  • Waverly Road

    BCT · Withycombe Raleigh

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 019D, 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

12,951 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Exeter Road Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 681 events.

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