Topsham

21°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 10° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:36

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

25 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs2

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Countess Wear & Topsham · Devon And Cornwall

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

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

108 food businesses within 2 miles

• 99 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Topsham (0.2 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,757 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,118

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (4.7 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: UK_EX_HOLMAN_01 (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 54%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

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

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

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

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

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

David Reed

Conservative

Exmouth and Exeter East

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

26 jobs advertised · £28,557 avg

e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Topsham – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Topsham – Flexible Schedule, Online French Tutoring Job in Topsham – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Solar 57% · Wind 18% · Gas 18% · Imports 5%

74 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exmouth and Exeter East:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership568 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases397 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership369 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office340 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Broadway House, Topsham · 0.1 km

  Broadway House is a building in Topsham, Devon. It was built in 1776 and is Grade II* listed.

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  Clara Place · 0.1 km

  Clara Place is a garden square in Topsham, Devon. It was built in 1841 and is Grade II* listed.

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  Topsham, Devon · 0.1 km

  Topsham is a town in the Exeter district, in Devon, England, located on the east side of the River Exe, immediately north of its confluence with the River Clyst and the former's estuary, between Exeter and Exmouth. To…

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  Topsham railway station · 0.2 km

  Topsham railway station is the railway station serving the town of Topsham in the English county of Devon. It is the passing place for the otherwise single-track branch line from Exmouth Junction to Exmouth. Both the…

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  St Margaret's Church, Topsham · 0.4 km

  St Margaret's Church in Topsham, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade II* listed building composed of a 14th-century Gothic tower and a 19th-century Gothic Revival main structure.

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  Salutation Hotel, Topsham · 0.4 km

  The Salutation Hotel is a hotel and restaurant in Topsham, Devon. It was built c.1720 and is Grade II* listed.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)