SY3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shrewsbury, Bayston Hill and Meole Brace, 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 SY3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 79% of people in SY3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SY3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY3 at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (775), other crime (289) and anti-social behaviour (231).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY3 was 56.0 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 SY3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY3 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 014C | 1,497 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.2% |
| Shropshire 019B | 1,922 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| Shropshire 019C | 1,952 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Shropshire 020B | 1,626 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Shropshire 020C | 2,152 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Shropshire 020D | 2,024 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| Shropshire 020E | 1,562 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.1% |
| Shropshire 020F | 1,462 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| Shropshire 020G | 1,833 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Shropshire 022A | 1,537 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Shropshire 022B | 1,567 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Shropshire 022C | 1,297 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Shropshire 023A | 1,554 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Shropshire 023B | 1,589 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| Shropshire 023C | 1,573 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Shropshire 023D | 1,598 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Shropshire 023E | 1,909 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Shropshire 023F | 1,746 | 33.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.6% |
| Shropshire 024A | 1,589 | 13.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Shropshire 024B | 2,196 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% |
| Shropshire 024C | 1,434 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
MPs for SY3
- Julia BuckleyLabourMP for Shrewsbury100% of SY3’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire0.2% of SY3’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 SY34
Postcode sectors in SY36
Council1
Towns in SY31
Postcode districts next to SY34
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY3 in brief
SY3 is a postcode district covering Shrewsbury, Bayston Hill and Meole Brace, in Shropshire.
About 35,883 people lived in SY3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 616 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY3 was £305,000 in 2025.
SY3 had 35,085 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in SY3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY3, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.