TQ1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Torquay, Wellswood and Ellacombe, 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 TQ1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in TQ1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TQ1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TQ1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TQ1 at a rate of 122.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.8 per 1,000 people across the TQ postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 417 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TQ1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,842), other crime (665) and anti-social behaviour (558).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TQ1 was 122.4 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 TQ1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TQ1 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TQ1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay 002A | 1,477 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.0% |
| Torbay 002B | 1,353 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Torbay 002C | 1,357 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Torbay 002D | 1,689 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.8% |
| Torbay 004B | 2,071 | 173.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.5% |
| Torbay 004C | 1,600 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| Torbay 004D | 1,701 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.6% |
| Torbay 005A | 1,529 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.2% |
| Torbay 005B | 1,585 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| Torbay 005C | 1,360 | 99.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.2% |
| Torbay 005D | 1,281 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| Torbay 006A | 1,554 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Torbay 006B | 1,442 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.0% |
| Torbay 006C | 1,490 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Torbay 006D | 1,539 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| Torbay 008A | 1,660 | 268.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| Torbay 010A | 1,697 | 228.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.4% |
| Torbay 010B | 1,695 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.8% |
| Torbay 010C | 1,545 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% |
| Torbay 010D | 1,700 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.7% |
| Torbay 010E | 1,487 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.2% |
MPs for TQ1
- Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratMP for Torbay100% of TQ1’s postcodes
- Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMP for Newton Abbot0.3% of TQ1’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 TQ15
Postcode sectors in TQ15
Council1
Towns in TQ11
Postcode districts next to TQ15
Nearest rail stations3
More in the TQ postcode area2
TQ1 in brief
TQ1 is a postcode district covering Torquay, Wellswood and Ellacombe, in Torbay.
About 34,107 people lived in TQ1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 515 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TQ1 was £215,000 in 2025.
TQ1 had 33,857 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in TQ1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TQ1, 83.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.