TF5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Telford, Admaston and Shawbirch, in Telford and Wrekin.
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 TF5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in TF5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TF5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TF5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TF5 at a rate of 31.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.9 per 1,000 people across the TF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TF5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (77), anti-social behaviour (28) and other crime (23).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TF5 was 40.1 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 TF5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TF5 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TF5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford and Wrekin 006E | 1,404 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Telford and Wrekin 006F | 1,515 | No figure | 10 | 98.4% |
| Telford and Wrekin 010E | 1,615 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.1% |
| Telford and Wrekin 010F | 1,977 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 57.5% |
Your MP
- Mark PritchardConservativeMP for The Wrekin
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 TF51
Postcode sectors in TF51
Council1
Towns in TF51
Postcode districts next to TF52
Nearest rail stations1
More in the TF postcode area2
TF5 in brief
TF5 is a postcode district covering Telford, Admaston and Shawbirch, in Telford and Wrekin.
About 5,536 people lived in TF5 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 69 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 31.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TF5 was £305,000 in 2025.
TF5 had 5,315 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in TF5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TF5, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.