# Torquay

Town in Torbay, South West.

Torquay is a town in Torbay, South West. Median sale price £220,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 143.0 per 1,000 people. About 52,222 people.

Town. Code E63006890. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay)

Torquay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Torquay 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: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Torquay was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 314th cheapest 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/torquay#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 52,034** (2021). Torquay had 52,034 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 204th 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/torquay#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Torquay 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/torquay#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.3%** (January 2026). In Torquay, 85.3% 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/torquay#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63006890) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Torquay 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=E63006890) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 765 homes were sold in Torquay in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63006890) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Torquay.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63006890) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Torquay had 52,034 usual residents at the census.

## How Torquay compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Torquay | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £220,000 | joint 4th cheapest | 116 towns, South West · 2025 |
| Population | 52,034 | 15th 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 | 85.3% | 37th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Torquay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Torquay at a rate of 143.0 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, 685 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Torquay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,213), other crime (1,157) and anti-social behaviour (1,077).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Torquay was 148.1 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 Torquay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Torquay has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Torquay

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Torbay 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015262) | 1,376 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| [Torbay 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015263) | 1,635 | 150.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.6% |
| [Torbay 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015264) | 1,331 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Torbay 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015265) | 1,365 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Torbay 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015266) | 1,572 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.0% |
| [Torbay 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015236) | 1,477 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.0% |
| [Torbay 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015237) | 1,353 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| [Torbay 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015238) | 1,357 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| [Torbay 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015239) | 1,689 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.8% |
| [Torbay 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015253) | 2,007 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| [Torbay 003G](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01034169) | 1,554 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| [Torbay 003H](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01034170) | 1,394 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.0% |
| [Torbay 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015257) | 1,475 | 136.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.5% |
| [Torbay 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015258) | 2,071 | 173.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.5% |
| [Torbay 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015259) | 1,600 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| [Torbay 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015260) | 1,701 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.6% |
| [Torbay 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015240) | 1,529 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.2% |
| [Torbay 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015241) | 1,585 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| [Torbay 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015242) | 1,360 | 99.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| [Torbay 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015243) | 1,281 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| [Torbay 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015214) | 1,554 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Torbay 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015215) | 1,442 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.0% |
| [Torbay 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015216) | 1,490 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| [Torbay 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015218) | 1,539 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| [Torbay 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015217) | 1,660 | 268.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| [Torbay 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015255) | 1,818 | 430.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| [Torbay 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015256) | 1,988 | 543.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.9% |
| [Torbay 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015261) | 2,292 | 332.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.7% |
| [Torbay 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015267) | 1,697 | 228.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.4% |
| [Torbay 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015268) | 1,695 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.8% |
| [Torbay 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015269) | 1,545 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% |
| [Torbay 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015270) | 1,700 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.7% |
| [Torbay 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/neighbourhood/e01015271) | 1,487 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.2% |

## Your MP

- [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torbay): Steve Darling (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 Torquay

[TQ1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tq1), [TQ2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tq2)

## Middle areas in Torquay

[Babbacombe & Plainmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/babbacombe-and-plainmoor), [Ellacombe](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/ellacombe), [St Marychurch & Maidencombe](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/st-marychurch-and-maidencombe), [Torquay Central](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/torquay-central), [Upton & Hele](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/upton-and-hele), [Watcombe](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/watcombe), [Wellswood](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay/wellswood)

## Towns near Torquay

[Paignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/paignton), [Newton Abbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-abbot), [Teignmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/teignmouth), [Kingsteignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingsteignton), [Brixham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham), [Dawlish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dawlish)

## Torquay in brief

Torquay is a town in Torbay, South West.
About 52,222 people lived in Torquay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 765 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 143.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Torquay was £220,000 in 2025.
Torquay had 52,034 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Torquay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Torquay, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006890
- Constituency: [Torbay †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/torbay)
- Council: [Torbay †](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay)
- Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 12.40 km²
- People, mid-2024: 52,222*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 177

* 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), [Newton Abbot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-abbot), [Teignmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/teignmouth), [Kingsteignton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingsteignton), [Brixham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brixham), [Dawlish](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dawlish)

## Latest updates for Torquay

- 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/E63006890

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/torquay, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/torquay#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/torquay