Mid Devon

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
82,852
Households
35,635
Crimes · Aug '26
435

Estimated population, mid-2025: 85,593 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

35,635
Households
White Brit. · 94%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
435
Crimes · Aug '26
£280,000
Median property price · Mid Devon · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 871 sales
£881
Average rent, September 2026
3,499
Postcodes

Sold prices in Mid Devon

England & Wales
Property sales · Mid Devon
HM Land Registry · Mid Devon
Average price
£325,774
Median price: £280,000
Median -6.7% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 871 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 36 sales · avg £294,284
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£386k£326k£266k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '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 Mid Devon

England & Wales
Crime trends · Mid Devon

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 yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
237
YoY +24%
237196155
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
41
YoY -47%
1157330
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
16104
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
5
YoY —
24155
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
45
YoY -13%
785429
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
102
YoY -16%
14511789
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

3 of 4 key categories improving · violent crime rising

435
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Mid Devon

Ethnicity

Total residents: 82,853
White Brit.93.8%
Other White3.4%
White Irish0.4%
White & Asian0.4%
Other Mixed0.3%
+ 14 other groups · 1.7%

Religion

Total residents: 82,853
Christian47.3%
No religion45.0%
Not answered6.3%
Other religion0.6%
Buddhist0.3%
+ 4 other religions · 0.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 82,852
50–6422.0%
35–4917.5%
65–7412.8%
25–3410.4%
75–848.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.3%

Households

Total households: 35,635
One person: aged 66+14.6%
One person: other14.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.2%
Single family household, all members 66+12.8%
+ 9 other households · 31.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Mid Devon

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 5.27 (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 5.27 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Mid Devon

5% of postcodes (183 of 3499) are in Flood Zone 3 and 4% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 3183 (5%)
  • Zone 2133 (4%)
  • Zone 13,183 (91%)

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

Transport in Mid Devon

Newton St Cyres is a 142-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 11.4 km

  • Newton St Cyres

    Rail

    11.4 km
  • Tiverton Parkway

    Rail

    12.3 km
  • Crediton

    Rail

    13.2 km
  • Copplestone

    Rail

    17.5 km
  • Yeoford

    Rail

    18.0 km
  • Morchard Road

    Rail

    18.6 km
  • Lapford

    Rail

    20.5 km
  • Eggesford

    Rail

    25.0 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail

Amenities in Mid Devon

GPs make up most of the mapped places

16 GPs · 6 Libraries · 5 Hospitals · 30 in all

  • GPs16
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals5
  • Museums3

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

Private rents in Mid Devon

Average rent, September 2026

£881/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£643
1 bed
£812
2 bed
£999
3 bed
£1,456
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

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.

Mid 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 Mid Devon

Coordinates50.8709, -3.5193
Postcodes
3,499
Census 2021
82,852

Estimated population, mid-2025: 85,593 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
35,635
Recorded crime · Aug '26
435

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