CROSS STREET, EX31 1BA House Prices & Local Information

EX31 1BA is an up-and-coming urban area on Cross Street, 0.2km from Barnstaple in Barnstaple. Administratively it sits within Barnstaple Central ward and the North Devon constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, EX31 1BA is a diverse renting area with many ethnic minority families, mostly European-born. By day, the area transitions to a market squares character: traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. 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. 34% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are high (218 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. 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 EX31 1BA are sourced from Output Area E00101754 (shared with 69 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.