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SY12

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Ellesmere, in Shropshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SY12 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 7% of people in SY12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£244,995
704th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,911
662nd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
7%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
74.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SY12 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SY12Middle
Median sale price25 postcode districts, SY · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SY25 areas from £180,000 to £395,000. The middle area is £259,125. SY12 is £244,995.
£244,99511th cheapest
Population25 postcode districts, SY · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SY25 areas from 1,157 to 35,085. The middle area is 11,060. SY12 is 8,911.
8,91111th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 postcode districts, SY · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SY25 areas from 7.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. SY12 is 7.0%.
7%fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 postcode districts, SY · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SY25 areas from 30.4% to 95.8%. The middle area is 69.4%. SY12 is 74.0%.
74.0%joint 9th highest

Is SY12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY12 at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY12.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (196), anti-social behaviour (94) and other crime (62).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY12 was 49.2 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in SY12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY12 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SY12

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Shropshire 004A1,51058.7 per 1,000571.8%
Shropshire 004B1,82341.5 per 1,000899.0%
Shropshire 004C1,39659.6 per 1,000539.1%
Shropshire 004D1,75674.6 per 1,000599.2%
Shropshire 004E1,58427.1 per 1,000658.7%
Shropshire 010C1,36925.4 per 1,000555.1%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in SY121

Postcode sectors in SY122

Council1

Postcode districts next to SY126

More in the SY postcode area2

SY12 in brief

SY12 is a postcode district covering Ellesmere, in Shropshire.

About 9,098 people lived in SY12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £244,995 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SY12 was £244,995 in 2025.

SY12 had 8,911 usual residents at the census.

About 7% of people in SY12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SY12, 74.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.