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A village of 2,271 in Devon, South West.
Bishopsteignton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 10.4 violent and sexual offences and 4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £441,250, 8.5 years of area income; rent £961 a month.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Bishopsteignton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bishopsteignton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Bishopsteignton’s built-up area.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Bishopsteignton. Best known first.
CastleCastle Duke (historic hill fort)2.8 km outside town, to the north
ZooShaldon Zoo (Shaldon Wildlife Trust)2.8 km outside town, to the southeast
PierGrand Pier, Teignmouth2.6 km outside town, to the east
Historic houseUgbrooke House4.6 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumTeign Heritage Centre2.5 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bishopsteignton.
In the comparison, Bishopsteignton comes above both Devon’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (18%). Children are 10% of the town. The median resident of Bishopsteignton is 62 years old.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bishopsteignton | Devon | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 10% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 5.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 45% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 13% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 41% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Devon and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsteignton SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 157 | B+ |
Violence came to 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Devon’s towns (21.5) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 47 crimes inside Bishopsteignton’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 3 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 51% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Women here live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.8 (2019–23). Bishopsteignton has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.2 miles away. 21% of residents have a disability, close to Devon’s towns (21%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Bishopsteignton | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For Bishopsteignton, that is above both Devon’s towns (104) and England’s towns (39). Bishopsteignton’s listed buildings include Church of St John the Baptist, Grade I. Bishopsteignton has 53 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Bishopsteignton sits above both Devon’s towns (64%) and England’s towns (61%) on this measure. 3% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £500,000 | 75 |
| Semi-detached | £322,000 | 13 |
| Terraced | £242,500 | 16 |
| Flat or maisonette | £308,750 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 33% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Bishopsteignton below both Devon’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (27%). For 27% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | — | — | D | A | A |
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 1.6 | — | D | A− | A |
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | 1.8 | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 2.2 | B− | C+ | B | B− |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 3.3 | C | B− | C− | C+ |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 3.8 | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Dawlish | 11,800 | 4 | C− | B− | C− | C+ |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 4.4 | B | C+ | B | B |
Shaldon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 9.6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St John the Baptist.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £441,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £308,750, terraced houses £242,500, semi-detached houses £322,000 and detached houses £500,000.
Village in Devon, England
Bishopsteignton is a built-up area of 2,271 people, in the Teignbridge council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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