Is Paignton safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Paignton safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Paignton scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Paignton scores 28/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Paignton: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (37/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 50.4353° N, 3.5625° W in Devon, Paignton maintains a regional distance of 268.4 km ENE to London.
Devon
50.4353° N, 3.5625° W
8 m
Europe/London
64,410
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United Kingdom
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Paignton happened in January, March, May, September and December (5 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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