SY21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Welshpool and Burgess Lands, 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 SY21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SY21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SY21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY21 at a rate of 76.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 109 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (571), anti-social behaviour (298) and other crime (208).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY21 was 67.8 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 SY21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY21 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SY21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powys 002A | 2,258 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.6% |
| Powys 003A | 1,488 | 200.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.9% |
| Powys 003B | 1,236 | 154.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.4% |
| Powys 003C | 1,712 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Powys 003D | 2,202 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.1% |
| Powys 004B | 1,994 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.0% |
| Powys 005A | 1,339 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.0% |
| Powys 005B | 1,536 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.6% |
| Powys 005D | 1,374 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.5% |
| Powys 006B | 1,706 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 8.8% |
MPs for SY21
- Steve WitherdenLabourMP for Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr98% of SY21’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire1.4% of SY21’s postcodes
- Julia BuckleyLabourMP for Shrewsbury0.7% of SY21’s postcodes
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 SY212
Postcode sectors in SY215
Council1
Postcode districts next to SY218
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY21 in brief
SY21 is a postcode district covering Welshpool and Burgess Lands, in Powys.
About 17,348 people lived in SY21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 195 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY21 was £235,000 in 2025.
SY21 had 16,996 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SY21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY21, 68.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.