# SY2 5LQ: area report for a postcode in Shropshire

SY2 5LQ is a postcode in Shropshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Shropshire. Open the map at SY2 5LQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) › [SY2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy2) › [SY2 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy2-5)

## Around this postcode

- **21 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 24% on July. Shropshire 018A: 138 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **Shrewsbury, 2.1 km**: About 26 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 170 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **No property in SY2 5LQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Shropshire 018A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **£275,232 average price**: For the whole of Shropshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 920 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 660 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SY2 5LQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **Low road and rail noise at SY2 5LQ**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ
- **7.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Belvidere Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belvidere-primary-school-e123437) | Primary | 170 m (2 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Belvidere School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belvidere-school-e146506) | Secondary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 42.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Giles CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-giles-cofe-primary-school-e123503) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Crowmoor Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crowmoor-primary-school-e150206) | Primary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), January 2023, before the school changed, special measures | – |
| [Wilfred Owen Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wilfred-owen-primary-school-e145789) | Primary | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Severndale Specialist Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/severndale-specialist-academy-e140531) | Special | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Prestfelde School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prestfelde-school-e123607) | Independent | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Martin Wilson School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-martin-wilson-school-e151470) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £195,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £180,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| June 2024 | £122,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| January 2025 | £253,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| August 2025 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2025 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| March 2025 | £227,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: BELVIDERE MEDICAL PRACT. (920 m)
- Pharmacies: CONWAY PHARMACY (680 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Monkmoor (660 m, Spar); Spar Monkmoor (800 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £275,232** (July 2026). Shropshire’s average house price was £275,232 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,991** (2025). Full-time workers living in Shropshire earned a median of £36,991 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 122nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.4×** (2025). A home in Shropshire costs 7.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 167th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Shropshire has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Shropshire 018A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 28.6** (2025). Shropshire 018A has a deprivation score of 28.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,957th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shropshire 018A was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 6,525th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,318** (2021). Shropshire 018A had 1,318 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,129th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Shropshire 018A, 99.7% 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.

## SY2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £277,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SY2 was £277,500 in 2025. Joint 975th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 18,588** (2021). SY2 had 18,588 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,207th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SY2 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.8%** (January 2026). In SY2, 95.8% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)
- Centre: 52.7119, -2.7184

Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## 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.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.7184,52.7119,SY25LQ

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