Westleigh
Westleigh is a town or village in Devon, England, with 1 bus stop, the nearest railway station at Tiverton Parkway, 3.5 km away, and there were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Westleigh area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Mid Devon area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 82,852 residents at roughly 91 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 144th of 294 English council areas — better than 51% of them.
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
5°CMist
- Today: 12° / 5° · 22% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:48
9h 43m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
10US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
9 reported · August 2026▲ 80% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences4
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Drugs2
- Anti-social behaviour1
Neighbourhood team: Canonsleigh, Halberton & Willand · 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
136 reported road collisions (2025)
21 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
3 food businesses within 2 miles
- 2 rated 4–5 ★ (2 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Tiverton Parkway (3.5 km)
- 1 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Tiverton Parkway (3.4 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£285,982 average▲ 0.2% YoY
Across Mid Devon · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£878 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY
- 1 bed £641
- 2 bed £809
- 3 bed £995
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
1,067 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: 180.9p · BP (3.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 212.9p · BP (3.4 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Tiverton Moto M5 Services (3.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Playgrounds3
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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,360
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,552
- Net moves+808
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 126 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)
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%)
40 inspected 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
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
- 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
162 applications decided
93.8% granted · 152 granted, 10 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Rachel Gilmour
Liberal Democrat
Tiverton and Minehead
Recent votes:
- AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Con 3
- LD 33
- Grn 3
- Oth 2
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,060 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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
3% low-carbon electricity
Gas 98% · Wind 3%
384 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
Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 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
Health services
5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX16
- Amicus Health - Mid Devon Sites
- Castle Place Practice
- Amicus Health
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks411 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones359 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately180 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Canonsleigh Abbey · 0.8 kmCanonsleigh Abbey was an Augustinian priory at Canonsleigh, in the parish of Burlescombe, Devon, England.
Burlescombe · 1.2 kmBurlescombe is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Holcombe Rogus, Culmstock, Uffculme, Halberton and Sampford…
Holcombe Rogus · 1.8 kmHolcombe Rogus is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 the population of the parish was 503.
Manor of Holcombe Rogus · 2.0 kmHolcombe Rogus is a historic manor in the parish of Holcombe Rogus in Devon, England. The present grade I listed Tudor manor house known as Holcombe Court was built by Sir Roger Bluett c. 1540 and was owned by the Blu…
Ayshford Chapel · 2.2 kmAyshford Chapel is a former private chapel in the village of Ayshford, in the parish of Burlescombe, Devon, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, an…
Holbrook Garden · 2.5 kmHolbrook Garden is a one hectare garden outside Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon, with experimental naturalistic plantings creating differing habitats. The plantings draw on the German approach to naturalism but str…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westleigh?
- Westleigh is a town in Devon, England, in the Mid Devon local authority.
- How deprived is Westleigh?
- The Mid Devon local authority, which includes Westleigh, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.