East Devon

11°CCloudy

• Today: 12° / 6° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:46

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Ottery St Mary Town · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

251 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Feniton (4.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,256 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£968 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £685
• 2 bed £896
• 3 bed £1,122

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,363 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Little Gosford Farm (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 54%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,795
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,559
• Net moves+2,236

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 195 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Devon

829 CQC-registered services

• Care homes309
• GP practices118
• Dentists156
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

315 applications decided

90.5% granted · 285 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens42
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5,883 jobs advertised · £39,481 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician, Superflex Roadside Patrol - South West, Roadside Technician - Plymouth

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks432 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones391 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills183 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases162 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Ottery St Mary A.F.C. · 1.8 km

  Ottery St. Mary A.F.C., nicknamed "The Otters", is a football club based in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. The club is affiliated to the Devon County Football Association. They play in the Devon League.

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  Alfington · 1.9 km

  Alfington is a village in the civil parish of Ottery St Mary, in the East Devon district, in Devon, England, on the River Otter. It is 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Ottery St Mary.

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  Old Town Hall, Ottery St Mary · 2.1 km

  The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in Silver Street in Ottery St Mary, a town in Devon, in England. The structure is currently used as a local history museum.

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  St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary · 2.1 km

  St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building, a parish church in the Church of England in Ottery St Mary, Devon.

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  Ottery St Mary · 2.2 km

  Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which…

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  St James and St Anne's Church, Alfington · 2.4 km

  St James' and St Anne's Church is a Church of England church in Alfington, Devon, England. It was built in 1849 at the expense of Sir John Taylor Coleridge and designed by William Butterfield.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)