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Tiverton

Tiverton is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 22,291. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and around 15 restaurants and cafés, along with 76 bus stops and Riverside Halt railway station 5.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £302,626, and there were around 129 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 Tiverton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².

Council
Mid Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Honiton
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
52/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 134th of 294 English council areas — better than 54% of them.

Home affordability48
Affordable rents73
Good schools34
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation51
Employment82
Low council tax5

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:32

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Crime

199 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences92
  • Anti-social behaviour21
  • Criminal damage & arson18
  • Shoplifting18

3 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Tiverton Westexe · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling priority and prolific offenders in Mid Devon
  • Identifying areas which suffer from the highest amounts of reported anti social behaviour and using a wide range of resources to tackle i…

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

Road safety

121 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

119 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 91 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Riverside Halt (5.0 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tiverton Parkway (9.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,283 average 1.1% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06

Detached£423,118
Semi-detached£277,973
Terraced£220,299
Flat£130,690

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£876 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £640
  • 2 bed £808
  • 3 bed £993

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

Affordability

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (0.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (0.6 km)

3 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: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Tiverton (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches25
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

A £1,771
B £2,066
C £2,361
D £2,656
E £3,247
F £3,837
G £4,427
H £5,313

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

Schools

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Cullompton Community CollegeGood
  • Queen Elizabeth'sGood
  • Tiverton High School
  • Uffculme School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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
  • 218 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

152 applications decided

94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat

Tiverton and Minehead

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 34
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

299 jobs advertised · £35,056 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 89% · Wind 8% · Solar 4%

351 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Paul's Church, Tiverton · 0.1 km

    St Paul's Church, Tiverton, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.

  • Tiverton Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Tiverton Town Hall is a municipal building in St Andrew Street in Tiverton, Devon, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Tiverton Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Tiverton, Devon · 0.3 km

    Tiverton is a town and civil parish in Devon, England, and the commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. The population in 2019 was 20,587.

  • Mid Devon · 0.3 km

    Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. The council is based in the district's largest town of Tiverton. The district also contains the towns of Bampton, Bradninch, Crediton and Cullompton, along w…

  • St George's Church, Tiverton · 0.3 km

    St George's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.

  • Halberton · 0.3 km

    Halberton is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. It is situated between the historic market towns of Tiverton and Cullompton. The Grand Western Canal runs around to the north and west of the village.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tiverton?
Tiverton is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
What is the population of Tiverton?
Tiverton has an approximate settlement population of 22,291.
How deprived is Tiverton?
The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Tiverton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.