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SY5 6JH

Severn Valley · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Ward
Severn Valley
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 6JG 37 m
SY5 6LD 105 m
SY5 6LB 135 m
SY5 6LA 138 m
SY5 6LL 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 6JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 6
Latitude
52.664246
Longitude
-2.683572
British National Grid easting
353,866
British National Grid northing
307,610

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Severn Valley · E05016065
Parish or community
E04013484
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147468
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 024F · E01035068
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 024 · E02006038

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

Property

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143 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
46, The Chestnuts, Cross Houses, Shrewsbury, SY5 6JH 28 November 2025 £247,500
1, The Chestnuts, Cross Houses, Shrewsbury, SY5 6JH 24 July 2025 £212,000
33, The Chestnuts, Cross Houses, Shrewsbury, SY5 6JH 28 May 2025 £525,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Mereside Church of England Primary Academy

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    4.5 km

  2. Condover CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
49
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 25
  • Other theft 7
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
175

93 female, 82 male

Postcode households
66
Residents per household
2.7
SY5 6 residents
3,857

Age bands in SY5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

662 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

347 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

827 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

1,332 residents

Age 65 and over
24.9%

1,049 residents

This postcode contained 4.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
64.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
28.6%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
57.1%

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 SUTTON ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY2 6DL

    ODS code M82047

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Flagwall

    BCT · Monkmoor

    3.7 miles

  • Baptist Church

    BCT · Monkmoor

    3.7 miles

  • Shrewsbury Rail Station

    RLY · Shrewsbury

    4.3 miles

  • Bus Station Timetable

    BCT · Shrewsbury

    4.3 miles

  • Grove Inn

    BCT · Walcot

    4.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 024F, 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

15,707 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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
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 £247,500 from 11 recorded sales in SY5 6JH. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mereside Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

49 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.

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