Dartmouth

Dartmouth is covered by postcode district TQ6. It is in the South Hams council area, Devon.

Typical price £315,000 Homes sold in Dartmouth, last 12 months. ▼ 3.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 118 of 230 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 84 of 236 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 904 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Dartmouth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Dartmouth, by flood risk Of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth that ONS places, 64 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 152 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 70 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Dartmouth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A379 TQ6 0FE: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FF: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FG: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FH: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FN: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FP: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FQ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FR: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FS: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FT: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FU: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FW: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FX: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0FY: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0GD: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0LA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 0LB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9AF: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9AH: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9AS: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BN: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BP: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BS: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9BX: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9DA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9DB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9DU: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EJ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EN: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9ES: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9ET: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EW: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EX: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9EZ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9FA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GD: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GE: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GH: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9GZ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HD: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HF: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HG: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HH: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HJ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HN: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9HP: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listTQ6 9LD: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LE: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LF: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LG: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LH: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LJ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LQ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LR: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LS: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LT: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LU: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LW: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LX: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LY: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9LZ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9NP: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9NX: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9NY: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9NZ: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PA: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PB: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PD: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PE: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PF: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PG: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PL: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PN: not on the flood risk listTQ6 9PR: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listTQ6 9DJ: very low flood risk onlyTQ6 9DQ: low flood risk at worstTQ6 9NH: low flood risk at worstTQ6 9NS: low flood risk at worstTQ6 9QR: low flood risk at worstTQ6 9YY: low flood risk at worstTQ6 9DL: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9EP: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9EQ: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9EY: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9NR: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9NG: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9NJ: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9PW: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9PX: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9QD: medium flood risk at worstTQ6 9BE: high flood riskTQ6 9AA: high flood riskTQ6 9AB: high flood riskTQ6 9AD: high flood riskTQ6 9AG: high flood riskTQ6 9AJ: high flood riskTQ6 9AL: high flood riskTQ6 9AN: high flood riskTQ6 9AP: high flood riskTQ6 9AQ: high flood riskTQ6 9AT: high flood riskTQ6 9AW: high flood riskTQ6 9AX: high flood riskTQ6 9BB: high flood riskTQ6 9BH: high flood riskTQ6 9BJ: high flood riskTQ6 9BQ: high flood riskTQ6 9BU: high flood riskTQ6 9BW: high flood riskTQ6 9BZ: high flood riskTQ6 9DF: high flood riskTQ6 9DG: high flood riskTQ6 9DH: high flood riskTQ6 9QE: high flood riskTQ6 9DR: high flood riskTQ6 9DS: high flood riskTQ6 9DT: high flood riskTQ6 9DW: high flood riskTQ6 9DX: high flood riskTQ6 9DY: high flood riskTQ6 9DZ: high flood riskTQ6 9EA: high flood riskTQ6 9ED: high flood riskTQ6 9EE: high flood riskTQ6 9EF: high flood riskTQ6 9EG: high flood riskTQ6 9ER: high flood riskTQ6 9NB: high flood riskTQ6 9NE: high flood riskTQ6 9NF: high flood riskTQ6 9NL: high flood riskTQ6 9NU: high flood riskTQ6 9PH: high flood riskTQ6 9PQ: high flood riskTQ6 9PS: high flood riskTQ6 9PY: high flood riskTQ6 9PZ: high flood riskTQ6 9QG: high flood riskTQ6 9QH: high flood riskTQ6 9QJ: high flood riskTQ6 9QL: high flood riskTQ6 9QP: high flood riskTQ6 9QQ: high flood riskTQ6 9QU: high flood riskTQ6 9RR: high flood riskTQ6 9RT: high flood riskTQ6 9RX: high flood riskTQ6 9RY: high flood riskTQ6 9SD: high flood riskTQ6 9SE: high flood riskTQ6 9SG: high flood risk Dartmouth 70 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TQ6 9RT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk70 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Dartmouth, by flood risk Of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth that ONS places, 64 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 152 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 70 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Dartmouth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Dartmouth
  • A home or business at high risk: 64
  • At medium risk at worst: 11
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 152
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth that ONS places, 64 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 152 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 50.3506, longitude -3.5870. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

64 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

TQ6 9RT37 at high riskTQ6 9AN32 at high riskTQ6 9QP32 at high riskTQ6 9SA29 at high riskTQ6 9PZ26 at high riskTQ6 9DS22 at high riskTQ6 9SE21 at high riskTQ6 9BB19 at high riskTQ6 9AB19 at high riskTQ6 9EG18 at high riskTQ6 9DG18 at high riskTQ6 9AJ17 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 70 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TQ6 9RT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Dartmouth?

Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 230 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 904 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 84 of its 236 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dartmouth Medical Practice, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 9.5 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 Dartmouth?

Homes in Dartmouth sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£325,000
12 months to August 2026
£315,000

▼ down 3.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£680,000 13 sales
Semi-detached£257,500 12 sales
Terraced£297,500 29 sales
Flat or maisonette£210,000 19 sales

Across the whole TQ6 district, Dartmouth's main postcode district: a typical £375,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dartmouth: 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 Dartmouth?

17 of the 236 postcodes now in use in Dartmouth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 110 homes sold in Dartmouth were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ6 district, 11%.

The newest postcodes

TQ6 0YGsince May 2026TQ6 6BDsince May 2026TQ6 0GDsince May 2024TQ6 9FAsince August 2023TQ6 0FYsince March 2023TQ6 0FPsince December 2022

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

PeriodIn DartmouthAcross the TQ6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 73 (1%) 4 of 107 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 11 of 110 (10%) 18 of 165 (11%)

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 Dartmouth?

Ofcom reports on 230 of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit118 of 230
Postcodes where every home can get superfast214 of 230
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 230

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Dartmouth at risk of flooding?

84 of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth 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 904 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 84 of 236 postcodes High: 663Medium: 241Low: 157Very low: 9

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 Dartmouth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Dartmouth. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Dartmouth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dartmouth is Paignton Rail Station, 9.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Paignton Rail Station Railway station 9.5 kmDrive
  • Totnes Rail Station Railway station 11.9 kmDrive
  • Torquay Rail Station Railway station 12.7 kmDrive
  • Kingswear (Paignton and Dartmouth Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.0 kmWalk

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 Dartmouth?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Dartmouth. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Dartmouth safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 388 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dartmouth 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

  1. 42 September 2025
  2. 27 October 2025
  3. 24 November 2025
  4. 29 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 29 March 2026
  8. 33 April 2026
  9. 30 May 2026
  10. 26 June 2026
  11. 45 July 2026
  12. 57 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences180 reports
Shoplifting46 reports
Criminal damage and arson44 reports
Other theft35 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Public order19 reports
Burglary9 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: vehicle crime 5, other crime 5, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Dartmouth?

District, borough or city council
South Hams
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
South Devon
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat)

All 236 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. 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 Dartmouth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Dartmouth postcodes

236 postcodes in use in Dartmouth, by district:

TQ6 postcode district,236 postcodes

That district is in the TQ postcode area.

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Places near Dartmouth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dartmouth's £315,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stoke Fleming2.8 kmBrixham6.5 km, £275,500Stoke Gabriel6.7 km, £452,500Paignton10.3 km, £255,000Totnes11.5 km, £375,000Marldon11.8 km, £347,500Torquay14.5 km, £220,000Kingsbridge15.3 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Dartmouth

What is it like to live in Dartmouth?
Homes sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 230 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 904 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 84 of its 236 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dartmouth Medical Practice, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Paignton, 9.5 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 Dartmouth?
Dartmouth is covered by postcode district TQ6, across 236 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Dartmouth in?
Dartmouth is in the South Hams council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Dartmouth?
Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth?
Homes in Dartmouth sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Dartmouth?
In Dartmouth, primary schools at its postcodes include Dartmouth Academy and St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dartmouth Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Dartmouth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dartmouth is Paignton, 9.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Dartmouth?
Ofcom reports on 230 of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Dartmouth at risk of flooding?
84 of the 236 postcodes in Dartmouth 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 904 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 Dartmouth?
17 of the 236 postcodes now in use in Dartmouth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 110 homes sold in Dartmouth were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ6 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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