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Inner Hope

Inner Hope is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 249. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés and 1 bus stop. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour, and the nearest railway station is Kingsbridge Park Side, 7.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Inner Hope 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

18°CCloudy

  • Today: 18° / 13° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:38

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026

  • Other theft2
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Salcombe · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour - With the weather continuing to improve as we had into summer, we are aware of the likelihood of anti-social behav…
  • Increased foot patrol We are often asked by the public to be out and about on foot more: this is a clear aim over the Summer for us: it h…

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

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kingsbridge Park Side (7.2 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

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: 165.9p · Asda (3.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (3.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Soar Mill Cove Hotel (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1

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
  • 23 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

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

  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

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

  • Hope Cove Life Boat · 0.1 km

    Hope Cove Life Boat, at Hope Cove in Devon, is a voluntary search and rescue service that operates an inshore rescue boat in the Bigbury Bay area. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) had a lifeboat station…

  • Hope Cove Lifeboat Station · 0.2 km

    Hope Cove Lifeboat Station, is a former Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Lifeboat Station, located at Hope Cove, a seaside hamlet approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km) south-east of Plymouth, on the south…

  • Hope Cove · 0.5 km

    Hope Cove is a small seaside village within the civil parish of South Huish in South Hams district, Devon, England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Salcombe and 5 miles (8 km) south west of Kingsbridge. It has tw…

  • SS Jebba · 0.8 km

    SS Jebba was a steamship that was built in Middlesbrough in 1896 and wrecked on the south coast of Devon in 1907. She was launched as Albertville for the Compagnie Belge-Maritime du Congo (CBMC), and was renamed Jebba…

  • Bolt Tail · 0.8 km

    Bolt Tail is a headland in Devon, England, immediately to the southwest of Hope Cove in the South Hams district, at grid reference SX670397.

  • Bolberry Down · 1.4 km

    Bolberry Down is a clifftop area on the coast of Devon, England. The headland of Bolt Tail lies to the west and Bolt Head and the town of Salcombe to the east. It is one of the longest coastal areas owned by the Natio…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Inner Hope?
Inner Hope is a town in Devon, England, in the South Hams local authority.
What is the population of Inner Hope?
Inner Hope has an approximate settlement population of 249.
How deprived is Inner Hope?
The South Hams local authority, which includes Inner Hope, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.