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Newton St Cyres

Newton St Cyres is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 562. The area has 6 bus stops and one restaurant or café, with the nearest railway station being Newton St Cyres, 0.8 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime 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 Newton St Cyres area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².

Council
Mid Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Central Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 134th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability48
Affordable rents73
Good schools34
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation51
Employment82
Low council tax5

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

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 10° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:37

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026

  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Crediton Rural South · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
  • Identifying areas which suffer from the highest amounts of reported anti social behaviour and using a wide range of resources to tackle i…

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

Road safety

121 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newton St Cyres (0.8 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newton St Cyres (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,283 average 1.1% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£423,118
Semi-detached£277,973
Terraced£220,299
Flat£130,690

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£876 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £640
  • 2 bed £808
  • 3 bed £993

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

Affordability

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (8.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Mole Avon Country Stores (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

A £1,771
B £2,066
C £2,361
D £2,656
E £3,247
F £3,837
G £4,427
H £5,313

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

Schools

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Cullompton Community CollegeGood
  • Queen Elizabeth'sGood
  • Tiverton High School
  • Uffculme School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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
  • 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

152 applications decided

94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 34
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £44,333 avg

e.g. Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Become a Biology Tutor in Newton St Cyres – Flexible & Remote, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Solar 45% · Wind 31% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newton St Cyres · 0.5 km

    Newton St Cyres is a village, civil parish former manor and former ecclesiastical parish in Mid Devon, in the English county of Devon, located between Crediton and Exeter. It had a population of 562 at the 2011 census…

  • Newton St Cyres railway station · 0.8 km

    Newton St Cyres railway station is a railway station serving the village of Newton St Cyres, Devon, England. It is served by Great Western Railway trains on the Tarka and Dartmoor lines. It is on the Tarka Line to Bar…

  • Upton Pyne · 3.0 km

    Upton Pyne is a parish and village in Devon, England. The parish lies just north west of Exeter, mainly between the River Exe and River Creedy. The village is located north of Cowley and west of Brampford Speke and St…

  • Downes, Crediton · 3.4 km

    Downes House is a country house situated about one mile east of Crediton in Devon, England. The house is an 18th-century Palladian re-modelling of an earlier house. It was classed Grade II* listed on 20 May 1985. Near…

  • Shobrooke · 3.4 km

    Shobrooke is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England. The village is situated about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Crediton. It is located close to Shobrooke park. The river Shobrooke Lake flows through the vi…

  • Cowley, Devon · 3.4 km

    Cowley is a hamlet in the parish of Upton Pyne in Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Newton St Cyres?
Newton St Cyres is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
What is the population of Newton St Cyres?
Newton St Cyres has an approximate settlement population of 562.
How deprived is Newton St Cyres?
The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Newton St Cyres, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.