# Crediton

Town in Mid Devon, South West.

Crediton is a town in Mid Devon, South West. Median sale price £260,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 88.7 per 1,000 people. About 8,165 people.

Town. Code E63006619. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon)

Crediton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Crediton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Crediton was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 512th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,971** (2021). Crediton had 7,971 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 57th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Crediton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.5%** (January 2026). In Crediton, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006619) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Crediton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006619) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 119 homes were sold in Crediton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006619) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Crediton.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006619) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Crediton had 7,971 usual residents at the census.

## How Crediton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Crediton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £260,000 | joint 22nd cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 7,971 | 5th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.5% | 12th highest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Crediton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Crediton at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Crediton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (310), shoplifting (117) and other crime (116).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Crediton was 72.7 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 Crediton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Crediton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Mid Devon 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon/neighbourhood/e01020041) | 2,587 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
| [Mid Devon 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon/neighbourhood/e01020042) | 1,689 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| [Mid Devon 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon/neighbourhood/e01020060) | 1,731 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.9% |
| [Mid Devon 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon/neighbourhood/e01020061) | 2,070 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |

## Your MP

- [Central Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/central-devon): Sir Mel Stride (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon)

## Postcode districts covering Crediton

[EX17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ex17)

## Middle areas in Crediton

[Crediton](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon/crediton)

## Towns near Crediton

[Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter), [Tiverton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiverton), [Cullompton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cullompton), [Okehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/okehampton), [Exmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/exmouth), [Dawlish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dawlish)

## Crediton in brief

Crediton is a town in Mid Devon, South West.
About 8,165 people lived in Crediton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 119 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Crediton was £260,000 in 2025.
Crediton had 7,971 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Crediton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Crediton, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006619
- Constituency: [Central Devon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/central-devon)
- Council: [Mid Devon †](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon)
- Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.62 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,165*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 25

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter), [Tiverton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiverton), [Cullompton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cullompton), [Okehampton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/okehampton), [Exmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/exmouth), [Dawlish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dawlish)

## Latest updates for Crediton

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006619

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/crediton