Axminster Area Guide | £263k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
8,140
Households
3,679
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.3 per 1k
3,679
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.3 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£263,000
Median property price
289
Postcodes
3,679
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.3 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£263,000
Median property price
289
Postcodes

Sold prices in Axminster

England & Wales
Property sales · Axminster
HM Land Registry · Axminster
Average price
£293,297
YoY: +4.6%
Median price: £268,181
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 1 sales · avg £535,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£535k£328k£122k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Axminster

England & Wales
Crime trends · Axminster

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
23
YoY -12%
372614
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
0
YoY -100%
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
11
YoY —
1161
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving

51
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Axminster

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Devon.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

East Devon is the district council. School applications go through Devon.

Apply for a primary place via Devon

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Axminster

GPs make up most of the mapped places

22 GPs · 16 Museums · 8 Libraries · 54 in all

  • GPs22
  • Museums16
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals7
  • Universities1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Axminster

Coordinates50.7816, -2.9933
Postcodes
289
Population (Census)
8,140
Households (Census)
3,679
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.3 per 1k

Demographics in Axminster

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,122
White Brit.93.7%
Other White2.7%
+ other · 3.6%

Religion

Total residents: 8,128
Christian49.1%
No religion43.2%
Not answered6.6%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,140
50–6420.0%
35–4916.3%
65–7414.1%
25–3410.6%
75–8410.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.7%

Households

Total households: 3,679
Any member 66+18.3%
Other14.5%
All members 66+13.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.2%
+ 7 other households · 30.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Axminster

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.06 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.06 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Axminster