# SY16

Postcode district covering Newtown and Penygloddfa, in Powys.

SY16 is a postcode district covering Newtown and Penygloddfa, in Powys. Median sale price £212,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 122.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SY16. 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 SY16 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £212,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SY16 was £212,500 in 2025. Joint 472nd 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/sy16#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 16,191** (2021). SY16 had 16,191 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,067th least 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/sy16#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SY16 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/sy16#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.7%** (January 2026). In SY16, 84.7% 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/sy16#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SY16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in SY16 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=SY16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 186 homes were sold in SY16 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SY16) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SY16.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SY16) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SY16 had 16,191 usual residents at the census.

## How SY16 compares

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

| Measure | SY16 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £212,500 | 4th cheapest | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2025 |
| Population | 16,191 | 11th most populated | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 25 postcode districts, SY · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 84.7% | 5th highest | 25 postcode districts, SY · Jan 2026 |

## Is SY16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY16 at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 169 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (941), other crime (318) and anti-social behaviour (288).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY16 was 130.8 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 SY16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY16 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in SY16

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Powys 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000488) | 2,175 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.5% |
| [Powys 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000447) | 2,016 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.8% |
| [Powys 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000480) | 2,105 | 312.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% |
| [Powys 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000481) | 2,199 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.0% |
| [Powys 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000482) | 1,893 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.1% |
| [Powys 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000478) | 1,873 | 171.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Powys 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000479) | 1,453 | 187.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
| [Powys 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/neighbourhood/w01000483) | 1,839 | 180.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.8% |

## Your MP

- [Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/montgomeryshire-and-glyndwr): Steve Witherden (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 SY16

[Llanfair Caereinion & Caersws](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/llanfair-caereinion-and-caersws), [Newtown North](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/newtown-north), [Newtown South](https://openindex.co.uk/powys/newtown-south)

## Postcode sectors in SY16

[SY16 1 (177 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16-1), [SY16 2 (180 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16-2), [SY16 3 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16-3), [SY16 4 (155 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16-4), [SY16 9 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16-9)

## Council

[Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys)

## Towns in SY16

[Newtown](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newtown)

## Postcode districts next to SY16

[LD1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ld1), [LD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ld7), [SY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy7), [SY9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy9), [SY15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy15), [SY17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy17), [SY18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy18), [SY21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy21)

## Nearest rail stations

[Newtown (Powys) (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-3.3114,52.5123)

## 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)

## SY16 in brief

SY16 is a postcode district covering Newtown and Penygloddfa, in Powys.
About 16,539 people lived in SY16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £212,500 in 2025 across 186 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY16 was £212,500 in 2025.
SY16 had 16,191 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SY16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY16, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SY16
- Postcode area: [SY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy)
- Constituency: [Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/montgomeryshire-and-glyndwr)
- Council: [Powys †](https://openindex.co.uk/powys)
- Area: 253 km²
- People, mid-2024: 16,539*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 53

* 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 and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SY15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy15), [SY21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy21), [SY17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy17), [LD7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ld7), [LD1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ld1), [SY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy7)

## Latest updates for SY16

- 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/SY16

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy16#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/sy16