SY9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bishop's Castle and Lydham, 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 SY9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SY9, 47.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SY9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY9 at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across SY.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (74), other crime (31) and criminal damage and arson (21).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY9 was 52.6 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 SY9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY9 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 030B | 1,501 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 67.5% |
| Shropshire 030F | 2,250 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 29.6% |
MPs for SY9
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire99% of SY9’s postcodes
- Steve WitherdenLabourMP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr0.7% of SY9’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 SY91
Postcode sectors in SY91
Council1
Postcode districts next to SY95
More in the SY postcode area2
SY9 in brief
SY9 is a postcode district covering Bishop's Castle and Lydham, in Shropshire.
About 2,945 people lived in SY9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 22 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY9 was £300,000 in 2025.
SY9 had 2,911 usual residents at the census.
In SY9, 47.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SY9, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.