SMYTHEN STREET, EX1 1BN House Prices & Local Information

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

An affordable area with active regeneration, EX1 1BN is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. By day, the area transitions to a large scale education character: large schools, colleges, and universities, nationally widespread. An average age of 37 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 60% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 18% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (286 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: Average house prices are around £195k. 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 1BN are sourced from Output Area E00101319 (shared with 31 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.