Okehampton

6°CClear

• Today: 10° / 3° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:48

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 4.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

61 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Shoplifting9
• Other theft7
• Anti-social behaviour5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Okehampton Town · Devon And Cornwall

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

118 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Okehampton (0.8 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,921 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£846 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £603
• 2 bed £771
• 3 bed £952

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

826 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: 154.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Mill Road Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,865
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,226
• Net moves+639

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 117 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 27,470)

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

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Devon

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

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

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

85 applications decided

82.4% granted · 70 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Oth 11

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

120 jobs advertised · £41,674 avg

e.g. Flexible Self-Employed Delivery Driver Opportunity - Exeter, Project Assistant - South West Peatland Partnership, HGV Class 2 Refuse Driver | Waste & Recycling Collection

Source: Adzuna

£662 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,196 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,821 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 4%

380 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in EX20

• Okehampton Medical Centre
• Minor Injury Unit-Okehampton
• Pharmaderma Ltd Okehampton

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones1,246 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks759 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases411 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND286 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately195 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Museum of Dartmoor Life · 0.1 km

  The Museum of Dartmoor Life (MDL) is a local museum in Okehampton, Devon, southwest England. It covers life in the Dartmoor area.

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  Okehampton Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Okehampton Town Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Okehampton, Devon, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Okehampton Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Okehampton · 0.2 km

  Okehampton is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. Okehampton is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor 21 miles (34 km) west of Exeter, 26 miles (42 km) north of Plymouth and 24 mi…

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  Okehampton College · 0.3 km

  Okehampton College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Okehampton in the English county of Devon.

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  East Okement River · 0.4 km

  The East Okement is a river in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England. It joins the West Okement at Okehampton to form the Okement.

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  Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall · 0.4 km

  The Museum of Policing in Devon and Cornwall (MOPIDAC) is a registered charity that collects, preserves and celebrates the history of policing in Devon and Cornwall. The museum possesses a comprehensive collection of…

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