SY5 9JW

Chirbury & Worthen · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 9EY 15 m
SY5 9JX 82 m
SY5 9HS 118 m
SY5 9JT 121 m
SY5 9HT 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 9JW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9
Latitude
52.634478
Longitude
-2.997991
British National Grid easting
332,556
British National Grid northing
304,547

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011397
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147778
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030E · E01033530
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Long Mountain CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    447 m
  2. Minsterley Primary School

    Community school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Burglary 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Little Chef

    BCT · Cefn

    5.0 miles
  • Heldre Turn

    BCT · Buttington

    5.1 miles
  • Trewern Bus Shelter

    BCT · Trewern

    5.1 miles
  • Criggion Lane

    BCT · Trewern

    5.2 miles
  • Breidden Hotel

    BCT · Middletown

    5.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 030E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,159 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Long Mountain CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 447 m.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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