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A village of 1,501 in Devon, South West.
Silverton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 12.8 violent and sexual offences and 5.6 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is hazard risk (C−): 2.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £280,000 in the last three years, 5.4 times what households in the Mid Devon council area earn in a year.
Devon And Cornwall Police published 33 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Silverton 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 Silverton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Silverton’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
29% 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 Silverton. Best known first.
CastleBickleigh Castle3.8 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic house · National TrustKillerton House2.9 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumDevonshire's Centre4.3 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseFursdon House3.5 km outside town, to the northwestPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustKillerton Park2.7 km outside town, to the southeastPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustCross Park2.8 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Silverton.
Children under 15 make up 15%, close to Devon’s towns (15%) and below England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 are 7.6% of the population. Silverton has a median age of 51.2 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Silverton | Devon | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Devon and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 105 | C+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them. Silverton’s listed buildings include the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade I. It has 286 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Homes from before 1919 make up 29% of the total, above both Devon’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
36 crimes and 1 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Silverton’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. 50% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 1.7 reports per 1,000, lower than both Devon’s towns (5.7) and England’s towns (7.8).
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
At the census, nearly four fifths of people in Silverton called their health good or very good, about level with Devon’s towns (80%) and below England’s towns (82%). Disability touches just over a fifth of the town’s population. One GP practice serves the town; 96% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Silverton is Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford), 7.1 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Silverton | Devon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.2 jobs in Silverton for each resident in work. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Devon’s towns (24%) and England’s towns (27%). Households take home £62K a year before tax, on average. Of the commuters living in the town, 6% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
12% live in social housing, below both Devon’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £878 a month across the Mid Devon council area. 88 standard sales inside Silverton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £280,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £423,000 | 23 |
| Semi-detached | £286,750 | 22 |
| Terraced | £257,500 | 32 |
| Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | 1,501 | — | — | B | A | A− |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 2.6 | — | B− | C+ | A− |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 4.2 | — | B− | B+ | A− |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 4.6 | C− | B− | C− | C+ |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 4.9 | B− | C− | C+ | A− |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 5.7 | C | B− | C− | C+ |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 5.8 | — | B− | D− | A− |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 6.2 | D | B | D | C |
Bradninch, Broadclyst and Clyst Honiton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 11.8 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Village in Devon, England
Silverton is a built-up area of 1,501 people, in the Mid Devon 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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