1. What is your annual budget to fix potholes for 2025?
Devon County Council does not allocate budgets specifically for potholes. Financial information on potholes is contained within the total for Highway Safety Defect repairs.
The Safety Defects budget for 2025/26 = £8,800,000
2. The number of known/reported potholes within your jurisdiction from January – June 2025
25,408
3. The total number of known/reported potholes within your jurisdiction between June 2022 and June 2025, split per calendar year.
| Year | Month | Potholes |
| 2022 | Total | 23,242 |
| April | 2,984 | |
| May | 3,499 | |
| June | 2,949 | |
| July | 2,766 | |
| August | 2,344 | |
| September | 2,133 | |
| October | 1,478 | |
| November | 2,655 | |
| December | 2,434 | |
| 2023 | Total | 51,259 |
| January | 7,376 | |
| February | 4,308 | |
| March | 4,888 | |
| April | 4,631 | |
| May | 4,183 | |
| June | 3,739 | |
| July | 3,470 | |
| August | 3,781 | |
| September | 3,650 | |
| October | 2,808 | |
| November | 4,875 | |
| December | 3,550 | |
| 2024 | Total | 60,465 |
| January | 5,561 | |
| February | 6,890 | |
| March | 6,708 | |
| April | 8,477 | |
| May | 5,833 | |
| June | 4,861 | |
| July | 4,985 | |
| August | 3,607 | |
| September | 3,360 | |
| October | 3,654 | |
| November | 2,980 | |
| December | 3,549 | |
| 2025 | Total | 25,408 |
| January | 5,250 | |
| February | 5,102 | |
| March | 5,287 | |
| April | 3,671 | |
| May | 3,308 | |
| June | 2,790 | |
| Total | 160,374 | |
4. How much money has been spent on fixing potholes since January 2025 to date (June 2025)?
Devon County Council does not allocate budgets specifically for potholes. Financial information on potholes is contained within the total for Highway Safety Defect repairs.
Safety defects expenditure from January 2025 to 31st May 2025 is £4,795,922