# SY1

Postcode district covering Shrewsbury, Harlescott and Mount Pleasant, in Shropshire.

SY1 is a postcode district covering Shrewsbury, Harlescott and Mount Pleasant, in Shropshire. Median sale price £222,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SY1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £222,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SY1 was £222,000 in 2025. Joint 547th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,183** (2021). SY1 had 29,183 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 966th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 83%** (2022). About 83% of people in SY1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.3%** (January 2026). In SY1, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SY1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 83% of people in SY1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SY1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 389 homes were sold in SY1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SY1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SY1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SY1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SY1 had 29,183 usual residents at the census.

## How SY1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SY1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £222,000 | 6th cheapest | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2025 |
| Population | 29,183 | 2nd most populated | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 83% | 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.3% | 4th highest | 25 postcode districts, SY · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the SY postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SY1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Shropshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028929) | 1,362 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [Shropshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028933) | 1,494 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Shropshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028934) | 1,624 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028956) | 1,514 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028957) | 1,831 | 172.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Shropshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028958) | 1,720 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| [Shropshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028981) | 1,780 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Shropshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028982) | 1,612 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Shropshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028983) | 1,981 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Shropshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035059) | 2,061 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| [Shropshire 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035060) | 1,660 | 17.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| [Shropshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028930) | 1,812 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Shropshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028931) | 2,185 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| [Shropshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028944) | 1,970 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Shropshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028945) | 1,987 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.5% |
| [Shropshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035061) | 1,052 | 494.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.6% |
| [Shropshire 019G](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035063) | 1,188 | 637.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 44.2% |

## Your MP

- [Shrewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shrewsbury): Julia Buckley (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SY1

[Shrewsbury Greenfields](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-greenfields), [Shrewsbury Harlescott & Sundorne](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-harlescott-and-sundorne), [Shrewsbury Harlescott Grange](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-harlescott-grange), [Shrewsbury Town](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-town)

## Postcode sectors in SY1

[SY1 1 (169 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1-1), [SY1 2 (230 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1-2), [SY1 3 (264 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1-3), [SY1 4 (262 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1-4), [SY1 9 (110 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1-9)

## Council

[Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)

## Towns in SY1

[Shrewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shrewsbury)

## Postcode districts next to SY1

[SY2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy2), [SY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy3), [SY4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy4)

## Nearest rail stations

[Shrewsbury (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7498,52.7119)

## More in the SY postcode area

[All SY postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 83% of people in SY1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY1, 87.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SY1
- Postcode area: [SY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy)
- Constituency: [Shrewsbury †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shrewsbury)
- Council: [Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)
- Area: 16.85 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,874*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 92

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SY4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy4), [SY2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy2), [SY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy3)

## Latest updates for SY1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SY1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1