Okehampton
TownTown in West Devon, South West.
Okehampton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Okehampton 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.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Okehampton, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Okehampton compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Okehampton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Okehampton at a rate of 66.5 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, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Okehampton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (296), other crime (125) and criminal damage and arson (65).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Okehampton was 69.6 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 Okehampton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Okehampton has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Okehampton
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Devon 001F | 1,799 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| West Devon 002A | 1,808 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| West Devon 002B | 2,404 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| West Devon 002C | 1,618 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.5% |
| West Devon 002D | 1,880 | 133.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.0% |
Your MP
- Sir Mel StrideConservativeMP for Central 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 Okehampton1
Middle areas in Okehampton1
Towns near Okehampton4
Okehampton in brief
Okehampton is a town in West Devon, South West.
About 9,878 people lived in Okehampton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £270,000 in 2025 across 223 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Okehampton was £270,000 in 2025.
Okehampton had 9,108 usual residents at the census.
In Okehampton, 89.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Okehampton, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.