Brixham
Brixham is covered by postcode district TQ5. It is mostly in the Torbay council area: 597 of its 601 postcodes. The others are in South Hams. 4 of its 601 postcodes are in Devon. ONS lists no county for the other 597.
Every postcode in Brixham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 596
Of the 601 postcodes in Brixham that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 596 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.3920, longitude -3.5219. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Brixham?
Homes sold for a typical £275,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.6% on the 12 months before. At 386 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 406 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 82 of its 601 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 5.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Brixham?
Homes in Brixham sold for a typical £275,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 236 sales, down 6.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £422,500 78 sales
- Semi-detached £275,000 53 sales
- Terraced £240,000 70 sales
- Flat or maisonette £152,500 35 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TQ5 district, Brixham's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Brixham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Brixham?
5 of the 601 postcodes now in use in Brixham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 289 homes sold in Brixham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ5 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Brixham | Across the TQ5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 236 (0%) | 0 of 251 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 289 (0%) | 0 of 301 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Brixham?
Ofcom reports on 596 of the 601 postcodes in Brixham. At 386 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Brixham at risk of flooding?
82 of the 601 postcodes in Brixham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 406 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Brixham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Brixham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Eden Park Primary & Nursery School550 m 342 pupils, 420 places
- Furzeham Primary School650 m 257 pupils, 280 places
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School700 m 56 pupils, 180 places
- Brixham Church of England Primary School1.1 km 187 pupils, 252 places
- Galmpton Church of England Primary School3.0 km 222 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Brixham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brixham is Paignton Rail Station, 5.6 km away in a straight line.
- Paignton Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Torquay Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
- Torre Rail Station Railway station 9.2 kmDrive
- Churston (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.5 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Brixham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Brixham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Compass House Medical Centres Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2015, over 3 years old · Phone 01803 855897 800 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Brixham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,146 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Brixham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 99 September 2025
- 73 October 2025
- 74 November 2025
- 74 December 2025
- 79 January 2026
- 86 February 2026
- 95 March 2026
- 82 April 2026
- 120 May 2026
- 109 June 2026
- 147 July 2026
- 108 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 27, other crime 27, possession of weapons 15, theft from the person 6, robbery 6.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Brixham?
- Councils
- Torbay (597) and South Hams (4)
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Devon
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat)
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Brixham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Brixham is in Torbay; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Torbay about council tax Council tax, on torbay.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Brixham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Brixham postcodes
601 postcodes in use in Brixham, by district:
That district is in the TQ postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Brixham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Brixham's £275,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Brixham
- What is it like to live in Brixham?
- Homes sold for a typical £275,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.6% on the 12 months before. At 386 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 406 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 82 of its 601 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 5.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Brixham?
- Brixham is covered by postcode district TQ5, across 601 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Brixham?
- Brixham is in the South Devon parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Brixham?
- Homes in Brixham sold for a typical £275,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 236 sales, down 6.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Brixham?
- In Brixham, primary schools at its postcodes include Eden Park Primary & Nursery School, Furzeham Primary School and St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Brixham College and Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Brixham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brixham is Paignton, 5.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Brixham?
- Ofcom reports on 596 of the 601 postcodes in Brixham. At 386 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Brixham at risk of flooding?
- 82 of the 601 postcodes in Brixham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 406 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Brixham?
- 5 of the 601 postcodes now in use in Brixham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 289 homes sold in Brixham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ5 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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