# Shrewsbury

Town in Shropshire, West Midlands.

Shrewsbury is a town in Shropshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £265,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 82.0 per 1,000 people. About 79,284 people.

Town. Code E63002444. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)

Shrewsbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Shrewsbury 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: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shrewsbury was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 538th most expensive 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/shrewsbury#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 76,013** (2021). Shrewsbury had 76,013 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 146th most 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/shrewsbury#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in Shrewsbury 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/shrewsbury#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.6%** (January 2026). In Shrewsbury, 92.6% 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/shrewsbury#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002444) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in Shrewsbury 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=E63002444) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,204 homes were sold in Shrewsbury in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002444) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Shrewsbury.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002444) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Shrewsbury had 76,013 usual residents at the census.

## How Shrewsbury compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Shrewsbury | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £265,000 | 31st most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 76,013 | 16th most populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 26th most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.6% | 29th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Shrewsbury safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shrewsbury at a rate of 82.0 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, 599 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shrewsbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,701), other crime (1,023) and anti-social behaviour (871).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Shrewsbury was 92.2 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 Shrewsbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Shrewsbury has no single figure. Of its 47 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Shrewsbury

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Shropshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028929) | 1,362 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [Shropshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028933) | 1,494 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Shropshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028934) | 1,624 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028956) | 1,514 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028957) | 1,831 | 172.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Shropshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028958) | 1,720 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| [Shropshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028981) | 1,780 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Shropshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028982) | 1,612 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Shropshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028983) | 1,981 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Shropshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035059) | 2,061 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| [Shropshire 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035060) | 1,660 | 17.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| [Shropshire 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028930) | 1,812 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Shropshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028931) | 2,185 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| [Shropshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028944) | 1,970 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Shropshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028945) | 1,987 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.5% |
| [Shropshire 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028965) | 1,318 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Shropshire 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028966) | 1,271 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028967) | 1,499 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| [Shropshire 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028968) | 1,369 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| [Shropshire 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028988) | 1,615 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Shropshire 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028989) | 1,582 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| [Shropshire 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028972) | 1,922 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| [Shropshire 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028973) | 1,952 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| [Shropshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035061) | 1,052 | 494.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.6% |
| [Shropshire 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035062) | 1,362 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| [Shropshire 019G](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035063) | 1,188 | 637.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 44.2% |
| [Shropshire 019H](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035064) | 1,009 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| [Shropshire 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028942) | 1,626 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Shropshire 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028943) | 2,152 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| [Shropshire 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028951) | 2,024 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| [Shropshire 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028953) | 1,562 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.1% |
| [Shropshire 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035065) | 1,462 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| [Shropshire 020G](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01035066) | 1,833 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| [Shropshire 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028947) | 1,711 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| [Shropshire 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028948) | 1,380 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| [Shropshire 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028949) | 1,508 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [Shropshire 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028985) | 1,261 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| [Shropshire 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028938) | 1,537 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [Shropshire 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028939) | 1,567 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Shropshire 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028984) | 1,297 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028986) | 2,173 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Shropshire 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028940) | 1,554 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Shropshire 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028952) | 1,589 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Shropshire 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028962) | 1,573 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [Shropshire 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028963) | 1,598 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Shropshire 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028964) | 1,909 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| [Shropshire 023F](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028974) | 1,746 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.6% |

## Your MP

- [Shrewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shrewsbury): Julia Buckley (Labour), 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 Shrewsbury

[SY1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy1), [SY2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy2), [SY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy3)

## Middle areas in Shrewsbury

[Shrewsbury Copthorne & Bowbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-copthorne-and-bowbrook), [Shrewsbury Greenfields](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-greenfields), [Shrewsbury Harlescott & Sundorne](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-harlescott-and-sundorne), [Shrewsbury Harlescott Grange](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-harlescott-grange), [Shrewsbury London Road](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-london-road), [Shrewsbury Meole & Kingsland](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-meole-and-kingsland), [Shrewsbury Monkmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-monkmoor), [Shrewsbury Sutton & Coleham](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-sutton-and-coleham), [Shrewsbury Town](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/shrewsbury-town)

## Towns near Shrewsbury

[Telford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/telford), [Oswestry](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oswestry), [Market Drayton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-telford-and-wrekin), [Shifnal](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shifnal), [Whitchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitchurch)

## Shrewsbury in brief

Shrewsbury is a town in Shropshire, West Midlands.
About 79,284 people lived in Shrewsbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 1,204 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Shrewsbury was £265,000 in 2025.
Shrewsbury had 76,013 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in Shrewsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shrewsbury, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002444
- Constituency: [Shrewsbury †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shrewsbury)
- Council: [Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 23.12 km²
- People, mid-2024: 79,284*
- Neighbourhoods: 47
- Output areas: 249

* 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

[Telford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/telford), [Oswestry](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oswestry), [Market Drayton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/market-drayton), [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-telford-and-wrekin), [Shifnal](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shifnal), [Whitchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitchurch)

## Latest updates for Shrewsbury

- 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/E63002444

## How to cite

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