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TF7

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Telford, Madeley and Sutton Hill, in Telford and Wrekin.

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 TF7 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In TF7, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£176,250
223rd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
19,088
1,233rd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How TF7 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

TF7Middle
Median sale price13 postcode districts, TF · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TF13 areas from £176,250 to £390,000. The middle area is £275,000. TF7 is £176,250.
£176,250cheapest
Population13 postcode districts, TF · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TF13 areas from 2,901 to 42,956. The middle area is 19,088. TF7 is 19,088.
19,0887th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage13 postcode districts, TF · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TF13 areas from 31.1% to 94.2%. The middle area is 78.2%. TF7 is 88.5%.
88.5%6th highest
Claimant rate13 postcode districts, TF · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in TF13 areas from 1.5% to 7.3%. The middle area is 2.5%. TF7 is 7.3%.
7.3%highest

Is TF7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TF7 at a rate of 126.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 80.9 per 1,000 people across TF.

In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TF7.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,135), anti-social behaviour (371) and other crime (366).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TF7 was 136.7 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 TF7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TF7 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in TF7

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Telford and Wrekin 021A1,931189.0 per 1,000194.9%
Telford and Wrekin 021B1,42356.9 per 1,000192.2%
Telford and Wrekin 021C1,639125.6 per 1,000199.2%
Telford and Wrekin 021D1,36384.8 per 1,000196.1%
Telford and Wrekin 021E1,24176.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Telford and Wrekin 022A1,24190.5 per 1,000490.5%
Telford and Wrekin 022B1,21826.9 per 1,000795.1%
Telford and Wrekin 022C1,05593.8 per 1,000498.8%
Telford and Wrekin 022D1,809212.7 per 1,000274.3%
Telford and Wrekin 023A1,512172.2 per 1,000185.5%
Telford and Wrekin 023B1,751190.3 per 1,000168.3%
Telford and Wrekin 023C1,19262.9 per 1,000699.0%
Telford and Wrekin 023D1,398152.3 per 1,000198.7%

Your MP

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 TF73

Postcode sectors in TF73

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Towns in TF71

Postcode districts next to TF76

Nearest rail stations1

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TF7 in brief

TF7 is a postcode district covering Telford, Madeley and Sutton Hill, in Telford and Wrekin.

About 19,641 people lived in TF7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £176,250 in 2025 across 166 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 126.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TF7 was £176,250 in 2025.

TF7 had 19,088 usual residents at the census.

In TF7, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In TF7, 7.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.