SY2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shrewsbury, Cherry Orchard and Monkmoor, 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 SY2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SY2, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SY2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY2 at a rate of 63.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across SY.
In August 2026 alone, 123 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (568), other crime (206) and anti-social behaviour (169).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY2 was 65.4 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 SY2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY2 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 018A | 1,318 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Shropshire 018B | 1,271 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Shropshire 018C | 1,499 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Shropshire 018D | 1,369 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Shropshire 018E | 1,615 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Shropshire 018F | 1,582 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Shropshire 019F | 1,362 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Shropshire 019H | 1,009 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| Shropshire 021A | 1,711 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Shropshire 021B | 1,380 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Shropshire 021C | 1,508 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| Shropshire 021D | 1,261 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| Shropshire 022D | 2,173 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
MPs for SY2
- Julia BuckleyLabourMP for Shrewsbury98% of SY2’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire1.7% of SY2’s postcodes
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 SY22
Postcode sectors in SY22
Council1
Towns in SY21
Postcode districts next to SY24
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY2 in brief
SY2 is a postcode district covering Shrewsbury, Cherry Orchard and Monkmoor, in Shropshire.
About 20,435 people lived in SY2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,500 in 2025 across 306 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY2 was £277,500 in 2025.
SY2 had 18,588 usual residents at the census.
In SY2, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SY2, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.