SY24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Upper Borth, Birkenhead Street and Adams Street, in Ceredigion.
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 SY24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SY24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SY24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY24 at a rate of 41.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (93), other crime (36) and criminal damage and arson (22).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY24 was 45.5 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 SY24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY24 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.
Neighbourhoods in SY24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceredigion 001C | 1,863 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 58.1% |
| Ceredigion 001D | 1,769 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.5% |
| Ceredigion 001F | 1,955 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.1% |
Your MP
- Ben LakePlaid CymruMP for Ceredigion Preseli
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 SY241
Postcode sectors in SY241
Council1
Postcode districts next to SY242
More in the SY postcode area2
SY24 in brief
SY24 is a postcode district covering Upper Borth, Birkenhead Street and Adams Street, in Ceredigion.
About 4,420 people lived in SY24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 63 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY24 was £230,000 in 2025.
SY24 had 4,406 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SY24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY24, 62.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.