Property market
The five-year median is £269,950 from 1,859 recorded sales in SY8. 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.
SY8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,030
- Current units
- 824
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 206
Postcode sectors in SY8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,306 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Vigrove Barn, Caynham, Ludlow, SY8 4JZ | 20 July 2026 | £775,000 |
| The Old Forge, 1, Middleton, Ludlow, SY8 2DY | 17 July 2026 | £226,500 |
| 1, Stoke Cottages, Greete, Ludlow, SY8 3BX | 16 July 2026 | £285,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,053
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 396
- Anti social behaviour 142
- Criminal damage and arson 132
- Shoplifting 91
- Other theft 79
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SY8 usual residents
- 18,626
- Age-profile population
- 18,753
Age bands in SY8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- 2,429 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- 1,586 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.5%
- 3,279 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- 5,394 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 32.3%
- 6,065 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 807 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 90%
In this district, 601 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 455 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 17 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
LUDLOW - PORTCULLIS
PORTCULLIS LANE, LUDLOW, SY8 1GT
ODS code M82043
STATION DRIVE SURGERY
STATION DRIVE, LUDLOW, SY8 2AB
ODS code M82014
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,053 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 396 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.