TQ4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Paignton, Goodrington and St Michaels, 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 TQ4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TQ4, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TQ4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TQ4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TQ4 at a rate of 112.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.8 per 1,000 people across TQ.
In August 2026 alone, 203 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TQ4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (985), anti-social behaviour (426) and other crime (418).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TQ4 was 110.4 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 TQ4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TQ4 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TQ4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay 013H | 1,165 | 154.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Torbay 013I | 2,026 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.3% |
| Torbay 014C | 1,941 | 297.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.1% |
| Torbay 014D | 1,494 | 118.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.5% |
| Torbay 014E | 1,347 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Torbay 014F | 1,783 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.0% |
| Torbay 015A | 1,391 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% |
| Torbay 015B | 1,415 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Torbay 015C | 1,500 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Torbay 015D | 1,575 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.8% |
| Torbay 015E | 1,269 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Torbay 016A | 1,383 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.0% |
| Torbay 016B | 1,562 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Torbay 016C | 1,356 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 74.0% |
| Torbay 016D | 1,059 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.1% |
MPs for TQ4
- Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratMP for Torbay60% of TQ4’s postcodes
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South Devon40% of TQ4’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 TQ43
Postcode sectors in TQ44
Council1
Towns in TQ41
Postcode districts next to TQ44
Nearest rail stations2
More in the TQ postcode area2
TQ4 in brief
TQ4 is a postcode district covering Paignton, Goodrington and St Michaels, in Torbay.
About 21,946 people lived in TQ4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TQ4 was £280,000 in 2025.
TQ4 had 21,260 usual residents at the census.
In TQ4, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TQ4, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.