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Stoke Gabriel

Stoke Gabriel is a village in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,107. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 2 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Greenway Halt, 4.2 km away, and there were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stoke Gabriel area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Hams area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 88,624 residents at roughly 100 people per km².

Council
South Hams
County
Devon
Constituency
Totnes
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 115th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Home affordability15
Affordable rents44
Good schools57
Life expectancy93
Low deprivation61
Employment90
Low council tax9

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

11°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:49

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

4 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Totnes East · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • As we head into the summer months, we want everyone to enjoy the warmer weather safety and responsibly. While we welcome people making th…

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

Road safety

158 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 217 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

25 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 16 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Greenway Halt (3.9 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Paignton (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Detached£545,564
Semi-detached£346,829
Terraced£287,612
Flat£189,302

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £737
  • 2 bed £921
  • 3 bed £1,139

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

Affordability

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,415 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Spirent Communications LTD (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,947
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,318
  • Net moves+1,629

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 181 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

A £1,743
B £2,034
C £2,325
D £2,615
E £3,196
F £3,778
G £4,359
H £5,230

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

Schools

55 schools · 11,738 pupils

39 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ivybridge Community CollegeGood
  • Kingsbridge AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 7
  • LD 19
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Solar 3% · Wind 2%

375 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.1
  • Happiness yesterday6.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in TQ9

  • Leatside Surgery
  • Catherine House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Stoke Gabriel · 0.0 km

    Stoke Gabriel is a village and parish in Devon, England, situated on a creek of the River Dart. The village is a popular tourist destination in the South Hams and is famous for its mill pond and crab fishing. It is eq…

  • Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police F.C. · 1.2 km

    Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police Football Club is a football club based in Stoke Gabriel, Devon, established in the early 1900s as Stoke Gabriel AFC. In June 2021, the club merged with newly promoted Devon League club, T…

  • Sandridge Park · 1.3 km

    Sandridge Park, near Stoke Gabriel, Devon, is an English country house in the Italianate style, designed by John Nash around 1805 for the Dowager Lady Ashburton, née Elizabeth Baring, the wife of John Dunning, 1st Bar…

  • Aish, Stoke Gabriel · 1.8 km

    Aish is a hamlet in the English county of Devon, near the village of Stoke Gabriel.

  • Sharpham, Ashprington · 2.3 km

    Sharpham is an historic estate in the parish of Ashprington, Devon. The Georgian mansion house, known as Sharpham House, overlooks the River Dart and is a Grade I listed building. The house was commenced in about 1770…

  • Dittisham · 2.3 km

    Dittisham is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of the English county Devon. It is situated on the west bank of the tidal River Dart, 2 miles (3.2 km) upstream of Dartmouth.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stoke Gabriel?
Stoke Gabriel is a town in Devon, England, in the South Hams local authority.
What is the population of Stoke Gabriel?
Stoke Gabriel has an approximate settlement population of 1,107.
How deprived is Stoke Gabriel?
The South Hams local authority, which includes Stoke Gabriel, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.