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Kingsteignton

Kingsteignton is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 11,360. It has around 8 restaurants & cafés, with 35 bus stops and Newton Abbot railway station 2.2 km away. There were around 50 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 Kingsteignton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Teignbridge area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 134,801 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Teignbridge
County
Devon
Constituency
Newton Abbot
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 136th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability45
Affordable rents58
Good schools49
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation54
Employment86
Low council tax6

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°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 10% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:46

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

46 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Burglary4
  • Shoplifting3

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kingsteignton · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Theft - Shoplifting
  • Anti-Social Behaviour and Illegal E-Bikes

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

Road safety

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

209 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 181 rated 4–5 ★ (170 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newton Abbot (2.5 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newton Abbot (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£471,265
Semi-detached£311,424
Terraced£245,489
Flat£149,582

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £655
  • 2 bed £869
  • 3 bed £1,086

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,034 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: 151.9p · Esso (3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Newton Abbot (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
  • Net moves+1,137

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

A £1,762
B £2,056
C £2,349
D £2,643
E £3,230
F £3,818
G £4,405
H £5,286

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

Schools

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Coombeshead AcademyGood
  • South Devon UTCGood
  • Teign SchoolGood
  • Dawlish College
  • Newton Abbot College
  • South Dartmoor Community College
  • Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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
  • 47 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat

Newton Abbot

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 9
  • LD 25
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

74 jobs advertised · £31,552 avg

e.g. Tyre Fitter, Commissioning Engineer, Project Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£689 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,367 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

373 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in TQ12

  • Kingsteignton Medical Practice
  • Kingskerswell & Ipplepen Med Practice
  • Albany Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Abbot:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kingsteignton · 1.0 km

    Kingsteignton, is a town and civil parish in south Devon, England. It lies at the head of the Teign Estuary to the west of Teignmouth in the Teignbridge district. It is bypassed by the A380 and is also on the A383, A3…

  • Hackney Marshes, Devon · 1.2 km

    Hackney Marshes is a local nature reserve in Devon, England. It comprises a low-lying area of flood meadows located at the head of the Teign Estuary by Kingsteignton.

  • A380 road · 1.2 km

    The A380 is a road in South West England, connecting the Torbay area to the Devon Expressway, and hence to the rest of Great Britain's main road network.

  • Teign School · 1.4 km

    Teign School is an 11–18 academy school located in Kingsteignton, a town to the north of Newton Abbot. The original 1936 building has been expanded upon substantially and numerous additional buildings have been constr…

  • Newton Abbot Racecourse · 1.6 km

    Newton Abbot Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located on the north bank of the River Teign in the parishes of Kingsteignton and Teigngrace just north of Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The course is a tig…

  • Aller Brook · 1.8 km

    The Aller Brook is a stream that flows for 5.0 miles (8 km) through Devon, England. It is a primary tributary of the River Teign, which it joins near Newton Abbot.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Kingsteignton?
Kingsteignton is a town in Devon, England, in the Teignbridge local authority.
What is the population of Kingsteignton?
Kingsteignton has an approximate settlement population of 11,360.
How deprived is Kingsteignton?
The Teignbridge local authority, which includes Kingsteignton, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.