SY4 5NN

Wem · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Ward
Wem
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Postcode district
SY4
Postcode sector
SY4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY4 5NW 91 m
SY4 5NL 123 m
SY4 5NJ 417 m
SY4 5NH 604 m
SY13 2LT 846 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY4 5NN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY4
Postcode sector
SY4 5
Latitude
52.894812
Longitude
-2.793612
British National Grid easting
346,707
British National Grid northing
333,334

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Wem · E05016078
Parish or community
E04011379
Westminster constituency
North Shropshire · E14001398
Output area
E00147119
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 010D · E01028888
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 010 · E02006021

Postcode source versions

Explore SY4

29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Northwood Cottage, 2, Northwood, Shrewsbury, SY4 5NN 7 November 2025 £420,000
Northwood Methodist Church, Northwood, Shrewsbury, SY4 5NN 6 June 2025 £132,000
Bridgend, Northwood, Shrewsbury, SY4 5NN 23 February 2024 £475,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Newtown CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  2. Loppington House FE Unit

    Miscellaneous

    3.2 km
  3. Welshampton CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Drugs 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
65

32 female, 33 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.2
SY4 5 residents
9,491

Age bands in SY4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

1,320 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

1,139 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,724 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

2,726 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

2,431 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY4 5 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+
90.6%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
90.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90.6%
Gigabit-capable
90.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
9.4%
Next Generation Access
90.6%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
53.1%

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

  • St Chad`s Church

    BCT · Hanmer

    4.0 miles
  • St Chad`s Church

    BCT · Hanmer

    4.0 miles
  • Old Bronington Post Office

    BCT · Bronington

    4.0 miles
  • Old Bronington Post Office

    BCT · Bronington

    4.0 miles
  • Cumber`s Bank

    BCT · Cumbers Bank

    4.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 010D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,090 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £360,000 from 6 recorded sales in SY4 5NN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Newtown CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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