SY5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pontesbury, 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 SY5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SY5, 30.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SY5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY5 at a rate of 36.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across SY.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (426), other crime (166) and anti-social behaviour (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY5 was 39.7 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 SY5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY5 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 014E | 1,931 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 3.1% |
| Shropshire 014F | 1,164 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 22.9% |
| Shropshire 024F | 1,562 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 40.9% |
| Shropshire 026A | 1,301 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 32.8% |
| Shropshire 026B | 1,257 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 8.8% |
| Shropshire 026C | 1,979 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 8.2% |
| Shropshire 026D | 1,706 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 32.0% |
| Shropshire 026E | 1,991 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 22.4% |
| Shropshire 028A | 2,622 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.3% |
| Shropshire 028C | 1,486 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 28.3% |
| Shropshire 028D | 2,182 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.4% |
| Shropshire 030E | 1,899 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 10.1% |
MPs for SY5
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire49% of SY5’s postcodes
- Julia BuckleyLabourMP for Shrewsbury48% of SY5’s postcodes
- Steve WitherdenLabourMP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr3.3% of SY5’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 SY52
Postcode sectors in SY55
Council1
Postcode districts next to SY512
More in the SY postcode area2
SY5 in brief
SY5 is a postcode district covering Pontesbury, in Shropshire.
About 23,573 people lived in SY5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 302 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY5 was £305,000 in 2025.
SY5 had 22,725 usual residents at the census.
In SY5, 30.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SY5, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.