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Teignbridge

Teignbridge is a district in Devon, England. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, with 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Riverside Station, 3 km away. There were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. Covers 33 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Teignbridge is around the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 134,801 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 136th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability45
Affordable rents58
Good schools49
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation54
Employment86
Low council tax6

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 63% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:43

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

13 reported · August 2026▲ 160% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Public order3
  • Other theft2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Chudleigh-Teign Valley · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Theft - Shoplifting
  • Anti-Social Behaviour and Illegal E-Bikes

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

Road safety

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

57 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Riverside Station (3.0 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newton Abbot (6.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£471,265
Semi-detached£311,424
Terraced£245,489
Flat£149,582

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £655
  • 2 bed £869
  • 3 bed £1,086

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

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,034 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Western Counties Roofing LTD (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
  • Net moves+1,137

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

A £1,762
B £2,056
C £2,349
D £2,643
E £3,230
F £3,818
G £4,405
H £5,286

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

Schools

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Coombeshead AcademyGood
  • South Devon UTCGood
  • Teign SchoolGood
  • Dawlish College
  • Newton Abbot College
  • South Dartmoor Community College
  • Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 9
  • LD 25
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£689 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,367 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chudleigh Knighton Halt railway station · 0.5 km

    Chudleigh Knighton Halt was on the Teign Valley Line serving the small village of Chudleigh Knighton, Devon, England. The halt, built by the Great Western Railway at a later date than most of the other stations on the…

  • Teignbridge · 0.7 km

    Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Newton Abbot. The district also includes the towns of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Bovey Tracey, Kingsteignton an…

  • Chudleigh Knighton · 0.9 km

    Chudleigh Knighton is a small village in Devon, England, near to Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey.

  • Chudleigh Knighton Heath · 0.9 km

    Chudleigh Knighton Heath, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, so designated because of its rare lowland heath vegetation. It is a habitat for many rare species including the ant,…

  • Heathfield railway station (Devon) · 0.9 km

    Heathfield railway station, originally Chudleigh Road railway station before the Teign Valley Line opened, was on the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Heathfield, nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) from Newton Abbot,…

  • Heathfield, Devon · 1.2 km

    Heathfield is a residential area and industrial estate in Bovey Tracey parish, in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. It is 2 miles south east of Bovey Tracey town centre and is next to the A382 and A38 roads.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)