October 2026 report
Area reports · South West · East Devon
South West · Local authority district

East Devon

How East Devon compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£3,814
-1.0% on the year
HPAI Property Index
52/100
Ranked 152nd of 316 districts
Sales a month
168
-27% on the year
Recorded crime
41 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
Band1 low8 high (always best)

Price per m²

£3,814/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 5/8Score 12/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to East Devon: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

Wealden
92% alike
Same band for sales, density, rail use, crime
Higher-carbon homesPricier: £4,360/m²
East Suffolk
91% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, density
Busier market: 257 sales a monthCheaper: £3,435/m²
Teignbridge
89% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, density, rail use, carbon
Smaller market: 142 sales a monthHigher crime: 52 per 1,000
Dorset
89% alike
Same band for price, rail use
Busier market: 420 sales a monthHigher crime: 50 per 1,000
New Forest
89% alike
Same band for density, rail use
Higher crime: 53 per 1,000Pricier: £4,697/m²Prices rising there (+5.6%)
South Kesteven
87% alike
Same band for sales
Cheaper: £3,253/m²More energy-efficient homes

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than East Devon's £3,814

Breckland
86% alike
Same band for crime
Cheaper: £3,053/m²Fewer rail journeys
East Riding of Yorkshire
84% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Cheaper: £2,621/m²Busier market: 395 sales a month
Flintshire
80% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, carbon
Cheaper: £2,712/m²Higher crime: 63 per 1,000Prices rising there (+0.5%)
North Kesteven
80% alike
Same band for crime
More energy-efficient homesCheaper: £2,924/m²Prices rising there (+0.3%)

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical detached house in East Devon (£401,000) costs about £1,822 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 4.0% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in East Devon (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£1,822a month
Loan
£300,750
Deposit
£100,250
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in East Devon sell for £3,814 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 0% above the South West median. Prices fell 1.0% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached3,944 -0.1%£401,000
Semi-detached3,706 +1.8%£325,000
Terraced3,311 -1.0%£282,000
Flat3,110 -12.0%£155,000

Market

About 2,021 homes sold in the last 12 months, 38% of them detacheds. Activity is down 27% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

162,878 people live in East Devon, 200 per km² across 814.2 km². The population changed by +1.3% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

64Average EPC scoreBand 2 of 8
4.1 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 3 of 8
200Residents per km²Band 2 of 8

Transport

9 rail stations with 2.2 million entries and exits in 2025. Exmouth accounts for 46%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 4% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is up 1.6% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime. Note: figure for the combined partnership area (East and Mid Devon), shared between its councils as police.uk places the crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

61 schools take primary-age pupils and 13 secondary-age, 19,091 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

Value a home in East Devon

Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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