Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd is the nearest published school at 164 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SY16 1QR
Newtown East · Powys · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Newtown East
- Local authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
- Postcode district
- SY16
- Postcode sector
- SY16 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SY16 1QR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2003
- Postcode area
- SY
- Postcode district
- SY16
- Postcode sector
- SY16 1
- Latitude
- 52.513077
- Longitude
- -3.315927
- British National Grid easting
- 310,794
- British National Grid northing
- 291,389
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Powys · W06000023
- Electoral ward
- Newtown East · W05001161
- Parish or community
- W04000335
- Westminster constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr · W07000102
- Output area
- W00002556
- Lower layer super output area
- Powys 008A · W01000480
- Middle layer super output area
- Powys 008 · W02000104
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SY16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
- 164 m
Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd
Welsh establishment
- 193 m
Ysgol Calon y Dderwen
Welsh establishment
- 225 m
North Powys Pupil Referral Unit
Welsh establishment
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,416
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 706
- Criminal damage and arson 137
- Public order 116
- Anti social behaviour 104
- Shoplifting 91
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SY16 1 residents
- 6,667
Age bands in SY16 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.6%
1,378 residents
789 residents
1,692 residents
1,508 residents
993 residents
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.
GP practices
1
within 5 km straight-line
NEWTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK STREET, NEWTOWN, SY16 1EF
ODS code W96015
107 m
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Ladywell House
BCT · Newtown
- 0.0 miles
Park Street
BCT · Newtown
- 0.1 miles
Post Office
BCT · Newtown
- 0.2 miles
Newtown Bus Station
BCS · Newtown
- 0.2 miles
Newtown Bus Station Stand 3
BCS · Newtown
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,416 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 706 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.