SY5 9EP

Loton · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Ward
Loton
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 9EN 477 m
SY5 9EW 542 m
SY5 9NH 778 m
SY5 9AA 1.0 km
SY5 9AB 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 9EP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9
Latitude
52.708751
Longitude
-2.919491
British National Grid easting
337,974
British National Grid northing
312,738

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Loton · E05016043
Parish or community
E04011202
Westminster constituency
Shrewsbury · E14001473
Output area
E00147567
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 014F · E01028979
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 014 · E02006028

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

59 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rowton Castle, Flat K Rowton Court, Rowton, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP 6 February 2026 £210,000
Rowton Castle, Flat M Rowton Court, Rowton, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP 2 October 2024 £187,500
Rowton Castle, Flat A Rowton Court, Rowton, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP 10 May 2024 £218,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Trinity CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.6 km
  2. Westbury School

    Other independent special school

    4.2 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

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

25 female, 19 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.1
SY5 9 residents
5,036

Age bands in SY5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

484 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

929 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,579 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,143 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 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
3.4%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
96.6%

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

  • WESTBURY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WESTBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 9QX

    ODS code M82013

    4.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    2.7 miles
  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    2.7 miles
  • Firtree Inn

    BCT · Crewgreen

    3.7 miles
  • Firtree Inn

    BCT · Crewgreen

    3.7 miles
  • Bausley Estate

    BCT · Crewgreen

    4.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 014F, 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

14,304 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 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

Property market

The five-year median is £214,250 from 8 recorded sales in SY5 9EP. 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 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 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 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.