# Market Drayton Town in Shropshire, West Midlands. Market Drayton is a town in Shropshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 68.7 per 1,000 people. About 12,248 people. Town. Code E63002087. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) Market Drayton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Market Drayton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Market Drayton was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,062** (2021). Market Drayton had 12,062 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 359th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 44%** (2022). About 44% of people in Market Drayton 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.6%** (January 2026). In Market Drayton, 93.6% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002087) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 44% of people in Market Drayton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002087) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 200 homes were sold in Market Drayton in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002087) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Market Drayton. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002087) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Market Drayton had 12,062 usual residents at the census. ## How Market Drayton compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Market Drayton | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 28th cheapest | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 12,062 | 22nd least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 44% | 36th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.6% | joint 34th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Market Drayton safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Market Drayton at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Market Drayton. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (378), other crime (151) and anti-social behaviour (109). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Market Drayton was 77.2 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 Market Drayton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Market Drayton has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Market Drayton | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Shropshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028873) | 2,206 | 173.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.5% | | [Shropshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028874) | 1,529 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% | | [Shropshire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028875) | 2,717 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% | | [Shropshire 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028876) | 1,803 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% | | [Shropshire 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028877) | 1,267 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% | | [Shropshire 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028878) | 1,518 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% | | [Shropshire 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028879) | 1,548 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% | ## Your MP - [North Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-shropshire): Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), 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. ## Council [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) ## Postcode districts covering Market Drayton [TF9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tf9) ## Middle areas in Market Drayton [Market Drayton](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/market-drayton) ## Towns near Market Drayton [Whitchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitchurch), [Nantwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-telford-and-wrekin), [Crewe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crewe), [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newcastle-under-lyme), [Telford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/telford) ## Market Drayton in brief Market Drayton is a town in Shropshire, West Midlands. About 12,248 people lived in Market Drayton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 200 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Market Drayton was £225,000 in 2025. Market Drayton had 12,062 usual residents at the census. About 44% of people in Market Drayton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Market Drayton, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002087 - Constituency: [North Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-shropshire) - Council: [Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.05 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,248* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 38 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Whitchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitchurch), [Nantwich](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nantwich), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-telford-and-wrekin), [Crewe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crewe), [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newcastle-under-lyme), [Telford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/telford) ## Latest updates for Market Drayton - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002087 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton#f-house-sales-median-price. 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