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Tavistock

Tavistock is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 12,675. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 19 restaurants and cafés, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gunnislake, 6.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £336,850. There were around 47 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tavistock area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 57,098 residents at roughly 49 people per km².

Council
West Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Torridge and West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 78th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents89
Good schools51
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation44
Employment86
Low council tax3

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

20°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 70% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:37

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

70 reported · July 2026 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences34
  • Public order11
  • Other theft7
  • Anti-social behaviour6

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Tavistock Town · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour We intend to act proportionately but robustly to support communities affected by anti social behaviour. We achieve…
  • Drugs We aim to deal swiftly and robustly to drug related activity reported within our neighbourhoods. To achieve this we require the sup…

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

Road safety

100 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

114 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 98 rated 4–5 ★ (84 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gunnislake (6.5 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gunnislake (6.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,145 average 0.7% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£433,459
Semi-detached£287,502
Terraced£217,256
Flat£144,257

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £598
  • 2 bed £766
  • 3 bed £945

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Morrisons (1.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Morrisons (1.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: West Devon Borough Council (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches33
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 139 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,804
B £2,104
C £2,405
D £2,705
E £3,307
F £3,908
G £4,509
H £5,411

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

Schools

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Okehampton CollegeRequires improvement
  • Tavistock CollegeRequires improvement

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

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

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

Planning decisions

90 applications decided

94.4% granted · 85 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

143 jobs advertised · £34,733 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

57% low-carbon electricity

Solar 46% · Gas 36% · Wind 9% · Imports 6%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock · 0.0 km

    St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Tavistock, Devon.

  • Tavistock Abbey · 0.1 km

    Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. The Abbey was surrendered in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Nothing remains o…

  • Tavistock Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Tavistock Town Hall is a municipal building in Bedford Square, Tavistock, Devon, England. The structure, which remains the main venue for civic events in the town, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Corn Market, Tavistock · 0.2 km

    The Corn Market is a commercial building in West Street in Tavistock, Devon, England. The structure, which is now used as a ladies' clothes shop, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Tavistock South railway station · 0.3 km

    Tavistock South was a railway station serving the town of Tavistock, operated by the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, forming part of the line between Plymouth Millbay and Launceston.

  • Tavistock North railway station · 0.3 km

    Tavistock North was a railway station serving the town of Tavistock, operated by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, but forming part of the Exeter to Plymouth section of the London and South W…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Tavistock?
Tavistock is a town in Devon, England, in the West Devon local authority.
What is the population of Tavistock?
Tavistock has an approximate settlement population of 12,675.
How deprived is Tavistock?
The West Devon local authority, which includes Tavistock, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.