Newton Abbot

12°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:48

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 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

228 reported · August 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences98
• Shoplifting32
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Public order18

11 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newton Abbot East · Devon And Cornwall

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

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)

241 food businesses within 2 miles

• 199 rated 4–5 ★ (185 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

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (0 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8 km)

4 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)

• 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

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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

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

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

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

474 jobs advertised · £35,180 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Roadside Technician - Plymouth, Flexible Self-Employed Delivery Driver Opportunity - Exeter

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Solar 8% · Wind 2%

352 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in TQ12

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Abbot:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks450 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones266 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately166 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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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. It lies near the River Teign and Whitelake, approximately 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Plymouth, 13 mil…

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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)