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Offwell

Offwell is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 408. The nearest railway station is Honiton, located 3.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Offwell 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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:35

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Honiton Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Rural Crime & Engagement Rural crime is an issue for large areas of the country, but it tends to go unreported. It can impact on insuranc…
  • Anti-Social Driving & Vehicle Offences There will be an increased focus on Road Safety within our rural communities to reduce collisions,…

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

26 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Honiton (3.1 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Honiton (3.0 km):

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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: 169.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (10.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Honiton (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • 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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 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
  • Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Solar 47% · Wind 27% · Gas 16% · Imports 7%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

  • Offwell · 0.1 km

    Offwell is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district in Devon, England, approximately 2 miles south-east from the nearest town, Honiton. Offwell can be accessed by the nearby A35 road. In 2021 the parish h…

  • Widworthy · 2.4 km

    Widworthy is a village, parish and former manor in East Devon, Devon, England. The village is 3 1/2 miles east of Honiton and the parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Stockland, Dalwood, Sh…

  • Cotleigh · 2.4 km

    Cotleigh is a village and civil parish near Honiton in Devon, England. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Upottery, Stockland, Offwell and Monkton. In the 19th century the rector of Cotleigh…

  • Wilmington, Devon · 2.7 km

    Wilmington is a village between Axminster and Honiton in East Devon on the A35 road.

  • Church Green, Devon · 3.0 km

    Church Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Farway in the East Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Honiton, which lies approximately 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north from the hamlet.

  • Honiton railway station · 3.1 km

    Honiton railway station serves the town of Honiton in east Devon, England. It is operated by South Western Railway and is 154 miles 60 chains (249.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo, on the West of England Line,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Offwell?
Offwell is a town in Devon, England, in the East Devon local authority.
What is the population of Offwell?
Offwell has an approximate settlement population of 408.
How deprived is Offwell?
The East Devon local authority, which includes Offwell, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.