Great Torrington
WardNorth east Torridge. About 5,925 people in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Great Torrington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Torrington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Torrington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Torrington at a rate of 56.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 54.7 per 1,000 people across Torridge.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Torrington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (177), other crime (57) and shoplifting (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 Torridge
These figures are published for the whole of Torridge, not for each ward, so they describe all of Torridge and not Great Torrington alone. See Torridge
Great Torrington in brief
Great Torrington had 5,802 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Great Torrington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Torrington, 16.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Great Torrington, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.