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Cheriton Fitzpaine

Cheriton Fitzpaine is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 556. The nearest railway station is Weighside, 6.9 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly Other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cheriton Fitzpaine area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².

Council
Mid Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 144th of 294 English council areas — better than 51% of them.

Home affordability48
Affordable rents73
Good schools33
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation42
Employment82
Low council tax5

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

5°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:46

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Crediton Rural South · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
  • Work with rural communities to establish what issues are affecting them and to better inform communities on changes to legislation and to…

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

Road safety

136 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

No rated food businesses within 2 miles.

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Weighside (6.9 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Crediton (7.4 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£285,982 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£422,862
Semi-detached£279,198
Terraced£223,721
Flat£131,979

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£878 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £641
  • 2 bed £809
  • 3 bed £995

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

Affordability

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,067 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: 175.9p · Asda (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (7.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Lords Meadow Leisure Centre (6.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,360
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,552
  • Net moves+808

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 126 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

A £1,771
B £2,066
C £2,361
D £2,656
E £3,247
F £3,837
G £4,427
H £5,313

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

Schools

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Cullompton Community CollegeGood
  • Queen Elizabeth'sGood
  • Tiverton High School
  • Uffculme School

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

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
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

162 applications decided

93.8% granted · 152 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 33
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 7%

367 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX17

  • Redlands Primary Care
  • Bow Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cheriton Fitzpaine · 0.3 km

    Cheriton Fitzpaine is a village in Devon, England, located 4 miles (7 km) north-east of Crediton. The population of the parish in the 2011 Census was 556.

  • Stockleigh English · 2.1 km

    Stockleigh English is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. It has a 15th-century church, Saint Mary the Virgin, which was restored 1878–83.

  • Poughill, Devon · 2.4 km

    Poughill is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north of Crediton. In 2011, the parish had a population of 216.

  • Stockleigh Pomeroy · 2.6 km

    Stockleigh Pomeroy is a village and civil parish in Devon, England at the foot of the Raddon Hills. The parish church which is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin has a Norman doorway.

  • Cadeleigh · 4.0 km

    Cadeleigh is a small village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km north of Exeter and 6 km southwest of Tiverton.

  • Upton Hellions · 4.1 km

    Upton Hellions is a village in Devon, England, located north of Long Barn and south of East Village, and near to Crediton.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cheriton Fitzpaine?
Cheriton Fitzpaine is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
What is the population of Cheriton Fitzpaine?
Cheriton Fitzpaine has an approximate settlement population of 556.
How deprived is Cheriton Fitzpaine?
The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Cheriton Fitzpaine, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.