Totnes
TownTown in South Hams, South West.
Totnes is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Totnes 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 Totnes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Totnes compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Totnes safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Totnes at a rate of 70.6 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, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Totnes.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (237), other crime (123) and anti-social behaviour (97).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Totnes was 74.7 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 Totnes, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Totnes has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Totnes
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hams 003A | 2,329 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| South Hams 003B | 1,888 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| South Hams 003C | 1,596 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| South Hams 003D | 1,472 | 205.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 57.5% |
| South Hams 003E | 1,746 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
Your MP
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South Devon
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 Totnes1
Middle areas in Totnes1
Towns near Totnes6
Totnes in brief
Totnes is a town in South Hams, South West.
About 9,329 people lived in Totnes in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Totnes was £370,000 in 2025.
Totnes had 9,217 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Totnes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Totnes, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.