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EX10

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Sidmouth and Sidford, in East Devon.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an EX10 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In EX10, 64.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£415,000
544th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,997
1,179th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How EX10 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

EX10Middle
Median sale price33 postcode districts, EX · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in EX33 areas from £243,620 to £550,000. The middle area is £299,000. EX10 is £415,000.
£415,0004th most expensive
Population33 postcode districts, EX · 2021
Population: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 1,608 to 60,310. The middle area is 14,585. EX10 is 17,997.
17,99714th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage33 postcode districts, EX · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 12.7% to 96.7%. The middle area is 64.8%. EX10 is 64.3%.
64.3%16th lowest
Claimant rate33 postcode districts, EX · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in EX33 areas from 1.3% to 3.6%. The middle area is 2.2%. EX10 is 1.7%.
1.7%joint 2nd lowest

Is EX10 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EX10 at a rate of 45.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.8 per 1,000 people across EX.

In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EX10.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (367), other crime (160) and criminal damage and arson (90).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EX10 was 44.0 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in EX10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EX10 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in EX10

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
East Devon 009C2,10128.6 per 1,000844.0%
East Devon 011A1,77327.8 per 1,000850.2%
East Devon 011B1,58352.3 per 1,000854.4%
East Devon 011C2,01281.4 per 1,000458.1%
East Devon 011D1,63878.3 per 1,000673.6%
East Devon 012A1,73867.8 per 1,000888.4%
East Devon 012B1,74733.4 per 1,000950.1%
East Devon 012C1,78828.7 per 1,000974.8%
East Devon 013A2,30338.7 per 1,000770.8%

MPs for EX10

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in EX104

Postcode sectors in EX104

Council1

Towns in EX101

Postcode districts next to EX106

More in the EX postcode area2

EX10 in brief

EX10 is a postcode district covering Sidmouth and Sidford, in East Devon.

About 18,147 people lived in EX10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £415,000 in 2025 across 355 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in EX10 was £415,000 in 2025.

EX10 had 17,997 usual residents at the census.

In EX10, 64.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In EX10, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.