Newton Abbot

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 17° / 12° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:44

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

208 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences95
• Shoplifting26
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Criminal damage & arson14

7 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Newton Abbot East · Devon And Cornwall

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

222 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

244 food businesses within 2 miles

• 201 rated 4–5 ★ (187 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newton Abbot (0.7 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,564 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £653
• 2 bed £867
• 3 bed £1,083

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (0 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 181.9p · Morrisons (6.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Project EV Charging Station (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches31
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 186 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 148 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

165 applications decided

79.4% granted · 131 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat

Newton Abbot

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 9
• LD 25
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

727 jobs advertised · £37,176 avg

e.g. Speech and Language Therapist, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% 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

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Solar 62% · Gas 28% · Imports 4% · Wind 4%

113 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Abbot:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership468 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test247 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Old Newton Abbot Hospital · 0.1 km

  The old Newton Abbot Hospital was a health facility in East Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, England. It was managed by Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust. The main entrance block is a Grade II listed bui…

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  Newton Abbot · 0.1 km

  Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its population was 24,029 in 2011, and was estimated at 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian…

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  Austins, Newton Abbot · 0.3 km

  Austins is a department store in Newton Abbot, Devon. Founded in 1924 as a drapery shop the store has expanded to four locations in one part of the town which has been described as the "Austins Quarter". It is a major…

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  St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot · 0.3 km

  St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot, popularly known as The Clock Tower, is a Grade II* listed building in Newton Abbot. It was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a Gothic-style church and was the site of William…

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  Alexandra Theatre, Newton Abbot · 0.4 km

  The Alexandra Theatre is an entertainment complex in Market Street, Newton Abbot, Devon, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is currently used as a cinema, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Old Town Hall, Newton Abbot · 0.4 km

  The Old Town Hall, also known as No. 9 Devon Square, is a former municipal building in Devon Square in Newton Abbot, a town in Devon, in England. The structure, which started life as a private house and was later conv…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)