TF9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Market Drayton and Little Drayton, in Shropshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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 TF9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TF9, 63.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TF9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TF9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TF9 at a rate of 52.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.9 per 1,000 people across TF.
In August 2026 alone, 108 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TF9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (684), other crime (257) and anti-social behaviour (165).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TF9 was 54.1 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 TF9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TF9 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TF9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 016A | 1,437 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.0% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 016C | 1,241 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 6.8% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme 016D | 1,580 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 26.1% |
| Shropshire 002C | 1,629 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 27.7% |
| Shropshire 005A | 2,206 | 173.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.5% |
| Shropshire 005B | 1,529 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Shropshire 005C | 2,717 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Shropshire 005D | 1,803 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| Shropshire 005E | 1,267 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
| Shropshire 005F | 1,518 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| Shropshire 005G | 1,548 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Shropshire 009A | 1,426 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 10.8% |
| Shropshire 009B | 1,731 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.5% |
| Shropshire 009C | 1,384 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 31.0% |
| Shropshire 009E | 1,437 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.2% |
| Shropshire 009F | 1,767 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.9% |
MPs for TF9
- Helen MorganLiberal DemocratMP for North Shropshire49% of TF9’s postcodes
- Mark PritchardConservativeMP for The Wrekin28% of TF9’s postcodes
- Leigh InghamLabourMP for Stafford23% of TF9’s postcodes
- Aphra BrandrethConservativeMP for Chester South and Eddisbury0.1% of TF9’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 TF93
Postcode sectors in TF95
Councils TF9 covers2
Towns in TF91
Postcode districts next to TF98
More in the TF postcode area2
TF9 in brief
TF9 is a postcode district covering Market Drayton and Little Drayton, in Shropshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
About 26,807 people lived in TF9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £279,950 in 2025 across 389 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TF9 was £279,950 in 2025.
TF9 had 26,500 usual residents at the census.
In TF9, 63.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TF9, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.