TQ2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Torquay, Torre and Shiphay, 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 TQ2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in TQ2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TQ2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TQ2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TQ2 at a rate of 131.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.8 per 1,000 people across the TQ postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 380 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TQ2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,087), other crime (707) and anti-social behaviour (650).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TQ2 was 141.0 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 TQ2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TQ2 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TQ2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay 001A | 1,376 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Torbay 001B | 1,635 | 150.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.6% |
| Torbay 001C | 1,331 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Torbay 001D | 1,365 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Torbay 001E | 1,572 | 140.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.0% |
| Torbay 003A | 1,506 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Torbay 003B | 1,511 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| Torbay 003C | 1,223 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Torbay 003E | 2,007 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| Torbay 003F | 1,436 | 182.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Torbay 003G | 1,554 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Torbay 003H | 1,394 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.0% |
| Torbay 004A | 1,475 | 136.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.5% |
| Torbay 008B | 1,818 | 430.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| Torbay 008C | 1,988 | 543.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.9% |
| Torbay 008D | 2,292 | 332.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.7% |
| Torbay 019A | 1,514 | 154.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Torbay 019B | 1,713 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Torbay 019C | 1,501 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Torbay 019D | 1,516 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Torbay 019E | 1,550 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| Torbay 019F | 1,980 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| Torbay 019G | 1,511 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
MPs for TQ2
- Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratMP for Torbay100% of TQ2’s postcodes
- Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratMP for Newton Abbot0.2% of TQ2’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 TQ24
Postcode sectors in TQ24
Council1
Towns in TQ22
Postcode districts next to TQ23
Nearest rail stations3
More in the TQ postcode area2
TQ2 in brief
TQ2 is a postcode district covering Torquay, Torre and Shiphay, in Torbay.
About 35,714 people lived in TQ2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 488 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 131.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TQ2 was £245,000 in 2025.
TQ2 had 35,721 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in TQ2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TQ2, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.