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Dartmouth

Dartmouth is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 5,610. It has one pharmacy and six restaurants and cafés, 19 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Kingswear, 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £510,295, and there were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dartmouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Hams area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 88,624 residents at roughly 100 people per km².

Council
South Hams
County
Devon
Constituency
Totnes
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 115th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Home affordability15
Affordable rents44
Good schools57
Life expectancy93
Low deprivation61
Employment90
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

10°CClear

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:49

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

51 reported · August 2026▲ 28% YoY

  • Shoplifting27
  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other theft3

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Dartmouth Town · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Increased visibility of local police officers.
  • Positive action against Drugs

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

102 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 86 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kingswear (0.8 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Paignton (9.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Detached£545,564
Semi-detached£346,829
Terraced£287,612
Flat£189,302

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Mayors Avenue (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds9

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

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)

Secondary schools:

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

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

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
  • 275 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51

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

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

80 jobs advertised · £33,991 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Plymouth, Cleaner, School Catering Assistant

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

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3%

383 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TQ6

  • Britannia Medical Centre
  • Dartmouth Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Dartmouth, Devon · 0.3 km

    Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as To…

  • Dartmouth Museum · 0.3 km

    Dartmouth Museum is a local museum in Dartmouth, Devon, which displays and chronicles the history of the port of Dartmouth. It moved to its current location in the 1950s and is housed in a merchant's house, No. 6 the…

  • Dartmouth Butterwalk · 0.3 km

    The Butterwalk, in Dartmouth, Devon, England, is a row of four merchants' houses and shops dating from the 1630s. Historic England describes the arcade as "one of the finest rows of merchants' houses dating from the f…

  • Royal Castle Hotel · 0.3 km

    The Royal Castle Hotel is a hotel in Dartmouth, Devon, England. Guests have included Queen Victoria, Sir Francis Drake, and Mary. The hotel was used as a location for the 1984 film, Ordeal by Innocence, which was base…

  • Newcomen Memorial Engine · 0.3 km

    The Newcomen Memorial Engine is a preserved beam engine in Dartmouth, Devon. It was preserved as a memorial to Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the beam engine, who was born in Dartmouth.

  • Dartmouth Harbour · 0.4 km

    Dartmouth Harbour is a natural port located in Dartmouth, Devon, England. It is situated at the mouth of the River Dart on the English Channel. Bayard's Cove Fort is a small fort, which was built to defend the harbour…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dartmouth?
Dartmouth is a town in Devon, England, in the South Hams local authority.
What is the population of Dartmouth?
Dartmouth has an approximate settlement population of 5,610.
How deprived is Dartmouth?
The South Hams local authority, which includes Dartmouth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.