TQ12 6TW

Bovey · Teignbridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Abbot
Ward
Bovey
Local authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon
Postcode district
TQ12
Postcode sector
TQ12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TQ12 6TR 142 m
TQ12 6FJ 166 m
TQ12 6TZ 170 m
TQ12 6TU 212 m
TQ12 6TQ 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TQ12 6TW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TQ
Postcode district
TQ12
Postcode sector
TQ12 6
Latitude
50.573954
Longitude
-3.661654
British National Grid easting
282,435
British National Grid northing
76,232

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Teignbridge · E07000045
Electoral ward
Bovey · E05011895
Parish or community
E04003196
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00181148
Lower layer super output area
Teignbridge 007A · E01020202
Middle layer super output area
Teignbridge 007 · E02004207

Postcode source versions

Explore TQ12

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sabre Buildings, Unit 3, Sabre Close, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6TW 17 September 2025 £245,000
Rapier Court, Units 2b And 3, Sabre Close, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6TW 22 January 2025 £350,000
Rapier Court, Units 5-6, Sabre Close, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6TW 4 September 2024 £335,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. The Greater Horseshoe School

    Other independent special school

    713 m
  2. St Catherine's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    719 m
  3. Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
165
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 80
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Other theft 17
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Shoplifting 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TQ12 6 residents
9,170

Age bands in TQ12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,439 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

946 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,431 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,795 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,144 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
93.8%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BOVEY TRACEY & CHUDLEIGH PRACTICE

    LE MOLAY-LITTRY WAY, BOVEY TRACEY, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 9QP

    ODS code L83045

    2.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Garage

    BCT · Heathfield

    0.2 miles
  • Heather Estate

    BCT · Heathfield

    0.2 miles
  • Heather Estate

    BCT · Heathfield

    0.2 miles
  • King Charles Business Park

    BCT · Heathfield

    0.3 miles
  • King Charles Business Park

    BCT · Heathfield

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Teignbridge 007A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,550 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
5
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £290,000 from 4 recorded sales in TQ12 6TW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Teignbridge is £303,564 in June 2026, up 0.8% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Greater Horseshoe School is the nearest published school at 713 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.