Property market
The five-year median is £315,000 from 1,525 recorded sales in SY5. 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.
SY5
UK postcode district
Part of Shrewsbury
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,233
- Current units
- 1,069
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 16
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England, Wales
- English regions represented
- West Midlands, W99999999
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 164
Postcode sectors in SY5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,841 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Badger End Cottage, Wigmore Lane, Halfway House, Shrewsbury, SY5 9DZ | 24 July 2026 | £365,000 |
| 8, Hafren View, Crew Green, Shrewsbury, SY5 9GR | 17 July 2026 | £150,000 |
| 3, Engine Houses, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0UQ | 10 July 2026 | £377,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 969
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 468
- Anti social behaviour 112
- Other theft 82
- Criminal damage and arson 72
- Public order 65
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SY5 usual residents
- 22,946
- Age-profile population
- 22,727
Age bands in SY5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- 3,510 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- 2,193 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.5%
- 4,439 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.2%
- 6,853 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.2%
- 5,732 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,061 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- 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
- 62.5%
In this district, 643 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 230 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 27 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
PONTESBURY & WORTHEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALL BANK, PONTESBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 0RF
ODS code M82030
WESTBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 9QX
ODS code M82013
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
969 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 468 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.