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Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 14,932. It has 4 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 17 restaurants and cafés, along with 27 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Teignmouth, 0.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £349,506, and there were around 111 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 Teignmouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Teignbridge area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 134,801 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Teignbridge
County
Devon
Constituency
Newton Abbot
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 136th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability45
Affordable rents58
Good schools49
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation54
Employment86
Low council tax6

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

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:44

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

109 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences41
  • Criminal damage & arson18
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Other theft9

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Teignmouth · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Theft - Shoplifting
  • Anti-Social Behaviour and Illegal E-Bikes

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

Road safety

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

149 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 130 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Teignmouth (0.3 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Teignmouth (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Detached£471,265
Semi-detached£311,424
Terraced£245,489
Flat£149,582

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £655
  • 2 bed £869
  • 3 bed £1,086

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

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,034 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: 151.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Eastcliff Car Park. Teignmouth (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
  • Net moves+1,137

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

A £1,762
B £2,056
C £2,349
D £2,643
E £3,230
F £3,818
G £4,405
H £5,286

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

Schools

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Coombeshead AcademyGood
  • South Devon UTCGood
  • Teign SchoolGood
  • Dawlish College
  • Newton Abbot College
  • South Dartmoor Community College
  • Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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

  • In a conservation area (Teignmouth Town Centre)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 201 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat

Newton Abbot

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 9
  • LD 25
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

44 jobs advertised · £33,054 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Earn Up to £45,000 Per Year as a Self-Employed Driver Plus a £1,000 Start-Up Payment*, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£689 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,367 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

379 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 6 pharmacies in TQ14

  • Channel View Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Abbot:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Newton Abbot (constituency) · 0.0 km

    Newton Abbot is a constituency in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Martin Wrigley of the Liberal Democrats. It was previously represented since its 2010 creation by Anne Mar…

  • Teignbridge (constituency) · 0.0 km

    Teignbridge was, from 1983 until 2010, a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of e…

  • Grand Pier, Teignmouth · 0.2 km

    The Grand Pier, also known as Teignmouth Pier, is a pier in the town of Teignmouth, Devon, England, constructed between 1865 and 1867. It is 212 metres (696 ft) in length.

  • Teignmouth railway station · 0.3 km

    Teignmouth railway station serves the seaside town of Teignmouth, in Devon, England. It is on the Exeter to Plymouth line, 208 miles 70 chains (336 km) from London Paddington, via Box. The station is managed by Great…

  • Teignmouth Lighthouse · 0.4 km

    Teignmouth lighthouse is a lighthouse situated on the south end of the Den promenade at Teignmouth, Devon, England. It is paired with a red polycarbonate leading light at Powderham Terrace behind the lighthouse. It ha…

  • St Michael the Archangel's Church, Teignmouth · 0.4 km

    St Michael the Archangel's Church, Teignmouth is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Teignmouth, Devon.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Teignmouth?
Teignmouth is a town in Devon, England, in the Teignbridge local authority.
What is the population of Teignmouth?
Teignmouth has an approximate settlement population of 14,932.
How deprived is Teignmouth?
The Teignbridge local authority, which includes Teignmouth, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.