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Lifton

Lifton is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,180. It has around 1 restaurant and café, and the nearest railway station is Launceston, 5.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £502,530, and there were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lifton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 57,098 residents at roughly 49 people per km².

Council
West Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Torridge and West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 78th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents89
Good schools51
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation44
Employment86
Low council tax3

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°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:40

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Possession of weapons1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Tavistock Rural West · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour We intend to act proportionately but robustly to support communities affected by anti social behaviour. We achieve…
  • Drugs We aim to deal swiftly and robustly to drug related activity reported within our neighbourhoods. To achieve this we require the sup…

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

Road safety

100 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Launceston (5.9 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gunnislake (14.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,145 average 0.7% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£433,459
Semi-detached£287,502
Terraced£217,256
Flat£144,257

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £598
  • 2 bed £766
  • 3 bed £945

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (6.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Arundell Arms Hotel and Restaurant (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 139 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 27,470)

A £1,804
B £2,104
C £2,405
D £2,705
E £3,307
F £3,908
G £4,509
H £5,411

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

Schools

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Okehampton CollegeRequires improvement
  • Tavistock CollegeRequires improvement

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Devon

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
  • 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

90 applications decided

94.4% granted · 85 granted, 5 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 / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 10
  • LD 6
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

42 jobs advertised · £46,953 avg

e.g. Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£662 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,196 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,821 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

83% low-carbon electricity

Solar 40% · Wind 36% · Gas 14% · Biomass 4%

60 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lifton, Devon · 0.1 km

    Lifton is a village and civil parish in Devon, South West England near the confluence of the rivers Wolf and Lyd, 1¼ miles south of the A30 trunk road and very near the border between Devon and Cornwall. The village i…

  • River Wolf · 1.7 km

    The River Wolf is a minor river in the west of the county of Devon in England. Its name may come from a Celtic or earlier name recorded by the Roman map-maker Ptolemy as Ουολιβα (Voliba) as a town of the Dumnonii ; ra…

  • River Thrushel · 1.7 km

    The River Thrushel is a river in Devon, England.

  • River Lyd, Devon · 1.8 km

    The Lyd is a river rising at Lyd Head in the Dartmoor national park in Devon in South West England and flowing into the River Tamar beyond Lifton. It runs through Lydford Gorge, the deepest gorge in South West England.

  • Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre · 2.5 km

    Dingles Fairground Museum, formerly known as Dingles Steam Village and Fairground Heritage Centre, was a museum that featured a collection of historical fairground rides, equipment, and other memorabilia. Located in L…

  • River Carey · 3.3 km

    The River Carey is a small river in West Devon that is a tributary to the River Tamar.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lifton?
Lifton is a town in Devon, England, in the West Devon local authority.
What is the population of Lifton?
Lifton has an approximate settlement population of 1,180.
How deprived is Lifton?
The West Devon local authority, which includes Lifton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.