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Holsworthy

Holsworthy is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 2,641. It has 1 pharmacy and around 3 restaurants and cafés, along with 3 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £367,266, and there were around 34 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 Holsworthy area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Torridge area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 68,113 residents at roughly 69 people per km².

Council
Torridge
County
Devon
Constituency
Torridge and West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 173rd of 294 English council areas — better than 41% of them.

Home affordability50
Affordable rents82
Good schools5
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation21
Employment65
Low council tax11

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 16° · 92% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 19:38

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

23 reported · July 2026 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Public order4
  • Shoplifting3
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Holsworthy Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Engagement
  • Tackling Severe and Persistent Antisocial Behaviour

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

Road safety

105 reported road collisions (2024)

16 killed or seriously injured · 140 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

48 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 41 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£260,783 average 3.9% YoY

Across Torridge · to 2026-06

Detached£382,250
Semi-detached£270,650
Terraced£200,908
Flat£132,914

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£788 average monthly rent 2.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £564
  • 2 bed £738
  • 3 bed £906

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.2 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Sydney House Carpark Torrington (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

68,113 residents in Torridge · 69/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 67 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 34,600)

A £1,734
B £2,023
C £2,312
D £2,601
E £3,180
F £3,758
G £4,336
H £5,203

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

Schools

36 schools · 8,421 pupils

28 primary · 4 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 11 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

33inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Atlantic AcademyGood
  • Bideford CollegeGood
  • Great Torrington School
  • Holsworthy Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Torridge

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
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

123 applications decided

89.4% granted · 110 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 5
  • LD 12
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

101 jobs advertised · £30,517 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£684 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,212 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,447 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Solar 43% · Gas 40% · Wind 9% · Imports 6%

161 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Holsworthy Community College · 0.1 km

    Holsworthy Community College is a co-educational secondary school located in Holsworthy in the English county of Devon.

  • Holsworthy A.F.C. · 0.2 km

    Holsworthy Association Football Club is a football club based in Holsworthy, Devon, England. They play in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West.

  • St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Holsworthy · 0.3 km

    St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a grade II* listed building and is the parish church of the small market town of Holsworthy, Devon, England. The present church, built in the early English style, dates from the mid-…

  • Holsworthy · 0.5 km

    Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 36 miles (58 km) west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which…

  • Holsworthy railway station · 0.6 km

    Holsworthy was a railway station in Devon, England, on the now-closed railway line from Okehampton to Bude. It opened in 1879 to serve the market town Holsworthy and closed in 1966, a victim of the Beeching Axe.

  • Chilsworthy, Devon · 2.5 km

    Chilsworthy is a village in the civil parish of Holsworthy Hamlets, in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England. The village located about 3 km north west of Holsworthy, it is home to a late-19th century…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Holsworthy?
Holsworthy is a town in Devon, England, in the Torridge local authority.
What is the population of Holsworthy?
Holsworthy has an approximate settlement population of 2,641.
How deprived is Holsworthy?
The Torridge local authority, which includes Holsworthy, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.