SY12 9BJ

Ruyton & Baschurch · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Postcode district
SY12
Postcode sector
SY12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY12 9BN 158 m
SY12 9BH 179 m
SY12 9BL 216 m
SY12 9BQ 241 m
SY12 9BW 752 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY12 9BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY12
Postcode sector
SY12 9
Latitude
52.855279
Longitude
-2.900265
British National Grid easting
339,477
British National Grid northing
329,021

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011291
Westminster constituency
North Shropshire · E14001398
Output area
E00147042
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 004E · E01028872
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 004 · E02006017

Postcode source versions

Explore SY12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.0 km
  2. Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.3 km
  3. Ellesmere College

    Other independent school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
SY12 9 residents
3,649

Age bands in SY12 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

523 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

399 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

667 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

1,199 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,172 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY12 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Tesco

    BCT · Ellesmere

    3.4 miles
  • Maelor School

    BCT · Penley

    6.9 miles
  • Maelor School

    BCT · Penley

    6.9 miles
  • Maelor School

    BCT · Penley

    6.9 miles
  • Penley Maelor School

    BCT · Maelor South

    6.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 004E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,189 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.5 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.