WEST STREET, EX1 1BA House Prices & Local Information

EX1 1BA is an up-and-coming urban area on West Street, 0.1km from Stepcote Hill in Exeter. Administratively it sits within St David's ward and the Exeter constituency.

For renters and young professionals, EX1 1BA offers a university campus area — mostly students in halls, very high turnover. The daytime character shifts — low density wholesale and retail in mostly white areas, often on urban fringe or close to transport nodes. An average age of 30 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 77% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are high (234 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: Average house prices are around £267k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for EX1 1BA are sourced from Output Area E00101316 (shared with 37 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.