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Halberton

Halberton is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 865. There are 8 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Tiverton Parkway, 4 km away, and there were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage and arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Halberton 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
Tiverton and Honiton
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:43

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, 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

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Canonsleigh, Halberton & Willand · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
  • Identifying areas which suffer from the highest amounts of reported anti social behaviour and using a wide range of resources to tackle i…

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

12 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tiverton Parkway (4.0 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tiverton Parkway (4.0 km):

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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: 180.9p · BP (4.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 206.9p · BP (4.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: McDonald's Tiverton (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • 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
  • 36 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

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat

Tiverton and Minehead

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £130,000 avg

e.g. PLVE / EU Dentist

Source: Adzuna

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

22% low-carbon electricity

Gas 78% · Solar 16% · Wind 6%

307 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX16

  • Amicus Health - Mid Devon Sites
  • Castle Place Practice
  • Amicus Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Halberton Halt railway station · 1.1 km

    Halberton Halt railway station served the village of Halberton, Devon, England, from 1927 to 1964 on the Tiverton branch line.

  • Crazelowman · 2.5 km

    Crazelowman is a hamlet in mid Devon, situated near the town of Tiverton and in that town's civil parish. It is situated to the north of the River Lowman, and further upstream, to the east, is Uplowman.

  • Brithem Bottom · 2.6 km

    Brithem Bottom is a village in the civil parish of Halberton in Devon, England.

  • Sampford Peverell · 2.6 km

    Sampford Peverell is a village and civil parish in Mid-Devon, England. Grid Reference ST030143.

  • Uplowman · 3.1 km

    Uplowman is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district, in Devon, England, situated about 4 miles north-east of the town of Tiverton. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Ho…

  • Ash Thomas · 3.1 km

    Ash Thomas is a village in Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Halberton?
Halberton is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
What is the population of Halberton?
Halberton has an approximate settlement population of 865.
How deprived is Halberton?
The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Halberton, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.