My Area UK

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 (IoD2019). 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
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 20° / 17° · 74% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:34

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

41 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences19
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Public order3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Dartmouth Town · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Increased visibility of local police officers.

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

103 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 86 rated 4–5 ★ (83 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

£360,571 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: 164.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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)

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
  • 275 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

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

198 jobs advertised · £33,606 avg

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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

54% low-carbon electricity

Solar 38% · Gas 37% · Wind 14% · Imports 9%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

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

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 IoD2019.