TQ5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brixham, 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 TQ5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TQ5, 81.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TQ5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TQ5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TQ5 at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.8 per 1,000 people across TQ.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TQ5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (597), other crime (197) and anti-social behaviour (150).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TQ5 was 65.6 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 TQ5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TQ5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TQ5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay 016E | 1,243 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.4% |
| Torbay 017A | 1,372 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.8% |
| Torbay 017B | 1,255 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Torbay 017C | 1,323 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.3% |
| Torbay 017D | 1,303 | 231.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.5% |
| Torbay 017E | 1,703 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.6% |
| Torbay 017F | 1,504 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.2% |
| Torbay 017G | 1,016 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% |
| Torbay 018A | 1,410 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% |
| Torbay 018B | 1,255 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 33.0% |
| Torbay 018C | 1,435 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| Torbay 018D | 1,810 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.6% |
| Torbay 018E | 1,445 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% |
Your MP
- Caroline VoadenLiberal DemocratMP for South 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.
Middle areas in TQ52
Postcode sectors in TQ54
Council1
Towns in TQ51
Postcode districts next to TQ54
Nearest rail stations1
More in the TQ postcode area2
TQ5 in brief
TQ5 is a postcode district covering Brixham, in Torbay.
About 18,928 people lived in TQ5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 297 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TQ5 was £300,000 in 2025.
TQ5 had 19,098 usual residents at the census.
In TQ5, 81.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TQ5, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.