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Seaton

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The south east of the East Devon. About 7,249 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 50% of people in Seaton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,123
Joint 3,936th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
50%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Seaton compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

SeatonMiddle
Population30 wards, East Devon · 2021
Population: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 2,102 to 8,124. The middle area is 4,968. Seaton is 7,123.
7,1239th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, East Devon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 27.0%. Seaton is 50.0%.
50%12th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, East Devon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 7.0% to 99.7%. The middle area is 72.4%. Seaton is 64.3%.
64.3%12th lowest
Claimant rate30 wards, East Devon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Devon30 areas from 0.8% to 3.6%. The middle area is 1.8%. Seaton is 2.6%.
2.6%joint 5th highest

Is Seaton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Seaton at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 46.7 per 1,000 people across East Devon.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Seaton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (144), other crime (50) and criminal damage and arson (34).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of East Devon

These figures are published for the whole of East Devon, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Devon and not Seaton alone. See East Devon

Average house price
£339,683
Up 1.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,087
136th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.5×
Joint 105th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.5
Joint 91st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Seaton in brief

Seaton had 7,123 usual residents at the census.

About 50% of people in Seaton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Seaton, 64.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Seaton, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.