# Brixham Town in Torbay, South West. Brixham is a town in Torbay, South West. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 67.1 per 1,000 people. About 17,698 people. Town. Code E63006936. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) Brixham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Brixham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brixham was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 428th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 17,839** (2021). Brixham had 17,839 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 596th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Brixham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.3%** (January 2026). In Brixham, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006936) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Brixham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006936) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 274 homes were sold in Brixham in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006936) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Brixham. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006936) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Brixham had 17,839 usual residents at the census. ## How Brixham compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Brixham | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £295,000 | joint 52nd most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 17,839 | 46th most populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.3% | joint 31st lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Brixham safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brixham at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brixham. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (571), other crime (187) and anti-social behaviour (145). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Brixham was 65.4 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 Brixham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Brixham 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Brixham | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Torbay 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015201) | 1,243 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.4% | | [Torbay 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015183) | 1,372 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.8% | | [Torbay 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015184) | 1,255 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% | | [Torbay 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015185) | 1,323 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.3% | | [Torbay 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015186) | 1,303 | 231.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.5% | | [Torbay 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015187) | 1,703 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.6% | | [Torbay 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015188) | 1,504 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.2% | | [Torbay 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015189) | 1,016 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.6% | | [Torbay 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015244) | 1,410 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% | | [Torbay 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015245) | 1,255 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 33.0% | | [Torbay 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015246) | 1,435 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% | | [Torbay 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015247) | 1,810 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.6% | | [Torbay 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015248) | 1,445 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% | ## Your MP - [South Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-devon): Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) ## Postcode districts covering Brixham [TQ5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tq5) ## Middle areas in Brixham [Brixham Town](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/brixham-town), [Higher Brixham](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/higher-brixham) ## Towns near Brixham [Paignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/paignton), [Torquay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/torquay), [Totnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/totnes), [Newton Abbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-abbot), [Kingsteignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingsteignton), [Teignmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/teignmouth) ## Brixham in brief Brixham is a town in Torbay, South West. About 17,698 people lived in Brixham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 274 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Brixham was £295,000 in 2025. Brixham had 17,839 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Brixham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Brixham, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006936 - Constituency: [South Devon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-devon) - Council: [Torbay †](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.13 km² - People, mid-2024: 17,698* - Neighbourhoods: 13 - Output areas: 69 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Paignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/paignton), [Torquay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/torquay), [Totnes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/totnes), [Newton Abbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-abbot), [Kingsteignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingsteignton), [Teignmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/teignmouth) ## Latest updates for Brixham - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006936 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham