Teignmouth
TownTown in Teignbridge, South West.
Teignmouth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Teignmouth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Teignmouth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Teignmouth compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Teignmouth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Teignmouth at a rate of 72.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 109 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Teignmouth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (469), other crime (203) and anti-social behaviour (132).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Teignmouth was 79.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Teignmouth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Teignmouth has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Teignmouth
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teignbridge 008A | 1,824 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Teignbridge 008B | 1,659 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Teignbridge 008C | 1,420 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.5% |
| Teignbridge 008D | 1,773 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Teignbridge 008E | 1,656 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Teignbridge 010A | 1,489 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Teignbridge 010B | 1,745 | 225.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.7% |
| Teignbridge 010C | 1,511 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.7% |
| Teignbridge 010D | 1,857 | 127.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
Your MP
- Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMP for Newton Abbot
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Teignmouth1
Middle areas in Teignmouth2
Towns near Teignmouth6
Teignmouth in brief
Teignmouth is a town in Teignbridge, South West.
About 15,364 people lived in Teignmouth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £289,000 in 2025 across 251 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Teignmouth was £289,000 in 2025.
Teignmouth had 15,314 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Teignmouth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Teignmouth, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.