TQ3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Paignton, Shorton and Preston, in Torbay.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TQ3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TQ3, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TQ3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TQ3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TQ3 at a rate of 86.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.8 per 1,000 people across TQ.
In August 2026 alone, 229 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TQ3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,178), other crime (462) and shoplifting (348).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TQ3 was 83.7 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 TQ3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TQ3 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TQ3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hams 004C | 2,303 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.2% |
| Torbay 011A | 1,619 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
| Torbay 011B | 1,466 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% |
| Torbay 011C | 1,401 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Torbay 011D | 1,592 | 16.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Torbay 011E | 1,559 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.4% |
| Torbay 011F | 1,390 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Torbay 012A | 1,499 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Torbay 012B | 1,244 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Torbay 012C | 1,525 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Torbay 012D | 1,496 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Torbay 012E | 1,558 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Torbay 013A | 2,001 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.9% |
| Torbay 013B | 1,615 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.5% |
| Torbay 013C | 1,579 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Torbay 013D | 1,347 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Torbay 013E | 1,416 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 60.6% |
| Torbay 013G | 1,809 | 248.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Torbay 014A | 1,487 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| Torbay 014B | 1,799 | 412.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.8% |
MPs for TQ3
- Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratMP for Torbay71% of TQ3’s postcodes
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South Devon29% of TQ3’s postcodes
- Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMP for Newton Abbot0.1% of TQ3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TQ33
Postcode sectors in TQ33
Council1
Towns in TQ31
Postcode districts next to TQ34
Nearest rail stations3
More in the TQ postcode area2
TQ3 in brief
TQ3 is a postcode district covering Paignton, Shorton and Preston, in Torbay.
About 32,182 people lived in TQ3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,475 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TQ3 was £249,475 in 2025.
TQ3 had 32,151 usual residents at the census.
In TQ3, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TQ3, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.