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Bickleigh

Bickleigh is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,100. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Plym Bridge, 3.7 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly possession of weapons. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bickleigh area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Hams area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 88,624 residents at roughly 100 people per km².

Council
South Hams
County
Devon
Constituency
South West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 112th of 294 English council areas — better than 62% of them.

Home affordability15
Affordable rents44
Good schools58
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation69
Employment88
Low council tax9

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 70% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:37

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Ivybridge Rural North · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Safeguarding the vulnerable

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

Road safety

146 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 183 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

41 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Plym Bridge (3.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bere Ferrers (7.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£360,571 average 6.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-06

Detached£545,980
Semi-detached£348,182
Terraced£285,959
Flat£189,993

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,009 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £735
  • 2 bed £918
  • 3 bed £1,135

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

Affordability

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.5 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

43 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra-Plymouth Roborough (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 219 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

A £1,743
B £2,034
C £2,325
D £2,615
E £3,196
F £3,778
G £4,359
H £5,230

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

Schools

56 schools · 11,740 pupils

40 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ivybridge Community CollegeGood
  • Kingsbridge AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

Care & health services

832 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes310
  • GP practices118
  • Dentists158
  • 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
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

236 applications decided

94.1% granted · 222 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rebecca Smith

Conservative

South West Devon

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 7
  • LD 19
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £50,700 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Photography Tutor - Part Time, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£751 median full-time weekly pay

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

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Solar 34% · Wind 11% · Nuclear 0%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.1
  • Happiness yesterday6.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PL6

  • Bickleigh Medical Centre
  • Elm Surgery
  • Southway Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bickleigh, South Hams · 0.1 km

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  • RM Bickleigh · 0.3 km

    RM Bickleigh, or Bickleigh Barracks, is a military installation at Bickleigh, South Hams which is currently used by 42 Commando.

  • Woolwell · 1.5 km

    Woolwell is a suburb on the north-east fringe of the city of Plymouth, England, located just outside the city's boundaries in the district of the South Hams. It is situated along the A386, close to the boundary of Dar…

  • River Meavy · 1.8 km

    The River Meavy is a river in the southwest part of Dartmoor in Devon in south-west England. It runs entirely in the national park and connects Burrator Reservoir to the River Plym.

  • Roborough, South Hams · 1.8 km

    Roborough is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England. Former home of Plymouth City Airport, Roborough lies just outside the northern boundary of the city of Plymouth on the main road to Tavistock, and is a popul…

  • Shaugh Prior · 2.0 km

    Shaugh Prior is a village and civil parish on the south-western side of Dartmoor in the county of Devon, England. It is situated about 8 mi (13 km) north-east of the historic centre of the city of Plymouth. In 2001 it…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bickleigh?
Bickleigh is a town in Devon, England, in the South Hams local authority.
How deprived is Bickleigh?
The South Hams local authority, which includes Bickleigh, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.