EX34
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ilfracombe and Combe Martin, in North 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 EX34 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In EX34, 30.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How EX34 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is EX34 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in EX34 at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 67.8 per 1,000 people across EX.
In August 2026 alone, 176 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in EX34.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (622), other crime (282) and anti-social behaviour (259).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in EX34 was 105.6 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 EX34, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so EX34 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in EX34
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Devon 001A | 1,330 | 237.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 15.3% |
| North Devon 001B | 1,473 | 254.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 3.2% |
| North Devon 001C | 1,162 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 8.9% |
| North Devon 001D | 1,181 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 33.9% |
| North Devon 002A | 1,403 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 43.2% |
| North Devon 002B | 1,150 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 13.8% |
| North Devon 002C | 1,405 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 0.1% |
| North Devon 003A | 1,404 | 196.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 13.8% |
| North Devon 003B | 1,629 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 53.6% |
| North Devon 003C | 1,533 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.1% |
| North Devon 003D | 1,325 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 48.8% |
| North Devon 004B | 2,037 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.1% |
Your MP
- Ian RoomeLiberal DemocratMP for North Devon
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 EX343
Postcode sectors in EX345
Council1
Towns in EX341
Postcode districts next to EX342
More in the EX postcode area2
EX34 in brief
EX34 is a postcode district covering Ilfracombe and Combe Martin, in North Devon.
About 16,494 people lived in EX34 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £259,500 in 2025 across 274 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in EX34 was £259,500 in 2025.
EX34 had 16,571 usual residents at the census.
In EX34, 30.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In EX34, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.