SY16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newtown and Penygloddfa, in Powys.
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 SY16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SY16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SY16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY16 at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 169 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (941), other crime (318) and anti-social behaviour (288).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY16 was 130.8 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 SY16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY16 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SY16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powys 006C | 2,175 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.5% |
| Powys 007C | 2,016 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.8% |
| Powys 008A | 2,105 | 312.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% |
| Powys 008B | 2,199 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.0% |
| Powys 008C | 1,893 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.1% |
| Powys 009A | 1,873 | 171.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Powys 009B | 1,453 | 187.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
| Powys 009C | 1,839 | 180.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.8% |
Your MP
- Steve WitherdenLabourMP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
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 SY163
Postcode sectors in SY165
Council1
Towns in SY161
Postcode districts next to SY168
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY16 in brief
SY16 is a postcode district covering Newtown and Penygloddfa, in Powys.
About 16,539 people lived in SY16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £212,500 in 2025 across 186 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY16 was £212,500 in 2025.
SY16 had 16,191 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SY16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY16, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.