Brixham

10°CSunny

• Today: 12° / 8° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:47

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

103 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Other theft9

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Berry Head-with-Furzeham · Devon And Cornwall

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 217 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 105 rated 4–5 ★ (91 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Churston (2.9 km)
• 82 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £737
• 2 bed £921
• 3 bed £1,139

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

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

1,415 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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's-Brixham (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,947
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,318
• Net moves+1,629

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 181 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

55 schools · 11,738 pupils

39 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

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

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Brixham Town)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 197 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

37 jobs advertised · £31,909 avg

e.g. Morning Delivery Driver, Healthcare Support Worker - Brixham Hospital, Salaried GP 6-8 sessions

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3% · Solar 0%

383 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TQ5

• Compass House Medical Centres
• St Kilda'S Residential Home

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks901 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones343 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND305 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases186 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Brixham Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Brixham Town Hall is a municipal building in New Street, Brixham, Devon, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Brixham Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Brixham · 0.0 km

  Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825. It is one of the main three centres…

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  Brixham Heritage Museum · 0.0 km

  Brixham Heritage Museum, also known as Brixham Museum is a museum in the town of Brixham, Devon, England.

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  Windmill Hill Cavern · 0.1 km

  Windmill Hill Cavern is a limestone cave system in the town of Brixham, Devon. It was discovered in 1858 and later excavated by a team led by the geologist William Pengelly, who found proof that humans co-existed with…

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  Orange Way · 0.3 km

  The Orange Way, so called because it follows the march in 1688 of Prince William of Orange and his army from Brixham to London, is a 350 miles (560 km) unofficial long-distance walk in England that passes through Devo…

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  Statue of William III, Brixham · 0.3 km

  A statue of William III, also known as the Prince of Orange statue, stands in Brixham, Devon, England. It commemorates the landing of William of Orange and his army at the town on 5 November 1688. The monument has bee…

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