Torbay

15°CClear

• Today: 21° / 14° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:39

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

268 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences107
• Anti-social behaviour57
• Criminal damage & arson25
• Other theft17

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

165 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

494 food businesses within 2 miles

• 382 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Paignton (1.0 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£223,577 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Torbay · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£917 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £617
• 2 bed £814
• 3 bed £993

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (2.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Inn on the Green (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

139,324 residents in Torbay · 2,216/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 48 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,470 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 68,850)

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

48 schools · 19,618 pupils

31 primary · 8 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

43inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Torbay

155 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices14
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 84% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Torbay

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

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

123 applications decided

87.8% granted · 108 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Con 17
• LD 15
• Oth 4

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens32
• Restaurants & cafés82

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£669 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,771 disposable income per head (2024)

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

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,292 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.9 women · 61.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torbay:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office442 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership420 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership321 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test255 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Redcliffe Hotel · 0.2 km

  The Redcliffe Hotel formerly known as Hotel Redcliffe and Redcliff Tower is a hotel situated beside the sea between Paignton Beach and Preston Sands in Paignton, Devon, England. It is a Grade II Listed Building and wa…

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  English Riviera Geopark · 0.4 km

  The English Riviera Geopark (ERG) in Torbay is one of eight UNESCO Global Geoparks in the United Kingdom, and one of over one hundred and seventy worldwide. It is one of only two urban Geoparks in the UK, and joined t…

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  Paignton Pier · 0.5 km

  Paignton Pier is a pleasure pier in the large English seaside resort of Paignton, Devon. It was financed by Arthur Hyde Dendy, a local Paignton barrister and designed by George Soudon Bridgman.

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  St Paul's Church, Preston, Paignton · 0.7 km

  St Paul's Church is a Church of England Evangelical parish church in Preston, Paignton, Devon, England. It was designed by Nugent Cachemaille-Day and built in 1938–39.

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  Festival Theatre, Paignton · 0.8 km

  The Festival Theatre was a theatre in Paignton, Devon, England.

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  Christ Church, Paignton · 0.8 km

  Christ Church is a Church of England, Evangelical parish church in Paignton, Devon, England. Designed by Walter G. Couldrey and Edward Gabriel, the church was built in 1887–88 and has been a Grade II listed building s…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)