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Instow

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
2,189
Households
962
Crimes · Sep '26
8
962
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
8
Crimes · Sep '26
£482,500
Median property price · Instow · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 20 sales
148
Postcodes

Sold prices in Instow

England & Wales
Property sales · Instow
HM Land Registry · Instow
Average price
£512,590
Median price: £482,500
Median +8.1% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 20 sales
View district EX39
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 2 sales · avg £286,400
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1m£643k£286k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Jul '26Sep '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 Instow

England & Wales
Crime trends · Instow

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 yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
2
YoY —
740
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
1
YoY —
110
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
110
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
210
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
210
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
3
YoY —
740
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

Not enough data for a year-on-year comparison

8
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Instow

Ethnicity

Total residents: 2,189
White Brit.96.0%
Other White1.4%
White Irish0.8%
White & Asian0.6%
Other ethnic group0.4%
+ 7 other groups · 0.9%

Religion

Total residents: 2,189
Christian53.5%
No religion37.8%
Not answered7.1%
Other religion1.0%
Muslim0.3%
+ 3 other religions · 0.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 2,187
50–6427.3%
65–7417.3%
35–4913.8%
75–8411.6%
25–347.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 22.2%

Households

Total households: 962
Single family household, all members 66+18.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children17.4%
One person: aged 66+15.2%
One person: other10.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.4%
+ 9 other households · 29.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Instow

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 5.00 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Instow

4% of postcodes (6 of 148) are in Flood Zone 3 and 3% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 36 (4%)
  • Zone 25 (3%)
  • Zone 1137 (93%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Instow

Instow Ferry Landing is a 48-minute walk from the centre

Ferry · 3.9 km

  • Instow Ferry Landing

    Ferry

    3.9 km

  • Chapelton (Devon)

    Rail

    7.8 km

Bus stops

  • School

    Bus

    1.9 km

  • Lovacott Garage

    Bus

    2.0 km

  • Newton Cross

    Bus

    2.5 km

  • Stonyland Bridge

    Bus

    2.6 km

  • Hunters Inn

    Bus

    2.8 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Ferry, Rail, Bus

Amenities in North Devon

Museums make up most of the mapped places

16 Museums · 13 GPs · 6 Libraries · 38 in all

  • Museums16
  • GPs13
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals3

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

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.

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

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Instow

Coordinates51.0399, -4.1300
Postcodes
148
Census 2021
2,189
Households (Census)
962
Recorded crime · Sep '26
8

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