SY8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ludlow and Rockgreen, in Shropshire and Herefordshire.
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 SY8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in SY8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SY8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SY8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SY8 at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 66.4 per 1,000 people across the SY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SY8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (404), anti-social behaviour (171) and other crime (154).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SY8 was 62.4 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 SY8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SY8 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SY8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire 001A | 1,417 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.6% |
| Herefordshire 001D | 1,528 | 22.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.0% |
| Shropshire 036A | 1,490 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.2% |
| Shropshire 038A | 1,521 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| Shropshire 038B | 1,130 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Shropshire 038D | 1,230 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Shropshire 038E | 1,268 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Shropshire 038F | 1,363 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
| Shropshire 038G | 1,901 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.4% |
| Shropshire 038H | 1,046 | 149.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% |
| Shropshire 038I | 1,255 | 147.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Shropshire 039B | 1,287 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 35.8% |
| Shropshire 039C | 1,527 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.4% |
MPs for SY8
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire85% of SY8’s postcodes
- Dr Ellie ChownsGreen PartyMP for North Herefordshire15% of SY8’s postcodes
- Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeMP for West Worcestershire0.1% of SY8’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 SY82
Postcode sectors in SY85
Councils SY8 covers2
Towns in SY81
Postcode districts next to SY85
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SY postcode area2
SY8 in brief
SY8 is a postcode district covering Ludlow and Rockgreen, in Shropshire and Herefordshire.
About 18,917 people lived in SY8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,250 in 2025 across 270 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SY8 was £275,250 in 2025.
SY8 had 18,391 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in SY8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SY8, 80.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.