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Musbury

Musbury is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 543. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Axminster, 4 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime 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 Musbury area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Devon area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 150,824 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
East Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Honiton
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 100th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Home affordability49
Affordable rents77
Good schools11
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation75
Employment92
Low council tax13

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

13°CClear

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 67% YoY

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Axminster Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial driving and vehicle offences (including road crime) The Axminster Neighbourhood Team and Devon and Cornwall Police are working…
  • Town centre and youth ASB Antisocial behaviour (ASB) is defined as 'behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment…

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

Road safety

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Axminster (4.0 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Axminster (3.9 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£345,757 average 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£538,966
Semi-detached£338,579
Terraced£274,572
Flat£184,423

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£965 average monthly rent 6.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £683
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,118

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

Affordability

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Texaco (3.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Texaco (3.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: UK_EX_DOLPHIN_01 (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 54%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

A £1,730
B £2,019
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,172
F £3,749
G £4,326
H £5,191

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

Schools

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colyton Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Axe Valley AcademyGood
  • Clyst Vale Community CollegeGood
  • Exmouth Community CollegeRequires improvement
  • Honiton Community College
  • Sidmouth College
  • The King's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

  • In a conservation area (Musbury)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 51 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Richard Foord

Liberal Democrat

Honiton and Sidmouth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Con 12
  • LD 22
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 23

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

378 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Musbury · 0.3 km

    Musbury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. It lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) away from Colyton and 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) away from Axminster, the nearest towns. Musbury is serv…

  • Musbury Castle · 1.1 km

    Musbury Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort situated above the Village of Musbury in Devon. The fort occupies a commanding hill top approx 175 metres (575 ft) above sea level overlooking the Axe valley at Ordnance Survey…

  • St Mary at the Cross, Whitford · 1.7 km

    St Mary at the Cross is a Church of England church in Whitford, Devon, England. It was built in 1908 and remains active as part of the Five Alive Mission Community.

  • Whitford, Devon · 1.8 km

    Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon.

  • Colyton railway station · 2.3 km

    Colyton railway station, and its successor the Colyton tram stop, serve the town of Colyton in Devon, England. It was open as a railway station, on the Seaton branch line, between 1868 and 1966, and has been open as a…

  • Colcombe Castle · 2.5 km

    Colcombe Castle was a castle or fortified house situated about a 0.5 mi (0.80 km) north of the town of Colyton in East Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Musbury?
Musbury is a town in Devon, England, in the East Devon local authority.
What is the population of Musbury?
Musbury has an approximate settlement population of 543.
How deprived is Musbury?
The East Devon local authority, which includes Musbury, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.