SY1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shrewsbury, Harlescott and Mount Pleasant, in Shropshire.
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 SY1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SY1, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SY1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY1 at a rate of 121.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across SY.
In August 2026 alone, 326 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,478), other crime (575) and anti-social behaviour (509).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY1 was 142.2 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 SY1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY1 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 014A | 1,362 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| Shropshire 015A | 1,494 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Shropshire 015B | 1,624 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Shropshire 015C | 1,514 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Shropshire 015D | 1,831 | 172.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Shropshire 015E | 1,720 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| Shropshire 016B | 1,780 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Shropshire 016C | 1,612 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Shropshire 016D | 1,981 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Shropshire 016E | 2,061 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| Shropshire 016F | 1,660 | 17.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| Shropshire 017A | 1,812 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Shropshire 017B | 2,185 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| Shropshire 017C | 1,970 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Shropshire 017D | 1,987 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.5% |
| Shropshire 019E | 1,052 | 494.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.6% |
| Shropshire 019G | 1,188 | 637.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 44.2% |
Your MP
- Julia BuckleyLabourMP for Shrewsbury
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 SY14
Postcode sectors in SY15
Council1
Towns in SY11
Postcode districts next to SY13
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY1 in brief
SY1 is a postcode district covering Shrewsbury, Harlescott and Mount Pleasant, in Shropshire.
About 29,874 people lived in SY1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,000 in 2025 across 389 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY1 was £222,000 in 2025.
SY1 had 29,183 usual residents at the census.
In SY1, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SY1, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.