Sidmouth Town
WardThe south of the East Devon. About 4,498 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Sidmouth Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sidmouth Town compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sidmouth Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sidmouth Town at a rate of 43.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 46.7 per 1,000 people across East Devon.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sidmouth Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (72), other crime (50) and anti-social behaviour (40).
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 East Devon
These figures are published for the whole of East Devon, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Devon and not Sidmouth Town alone. See East Devon
Sidmouth Town in brief
Sidmouth Town had 4,414 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Sidmouth Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sidmouth Town, 73.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sidmouth Town, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.