SY4 5RB Area Guide - Schools, Crime & Living in Shropshire

SY4 5RB is a postcode in Wem, Shropshire, West Midlands, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near SY4 5RB, then scores the surrounding small area 72/100 - top 14% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around SY4 5RB are health and safety, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for SY4 5RB is based on Shropshire 010 Census 2021. It covers 8,757 residents, 54 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 50, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 79% owner-occupied, 12% privately rented, 8% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near SY4 5RB, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the SY4 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £270k from 79 rolling sales, down 6.1% month-on-month. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near SY4 5RB by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

Local change around SY4 5RB is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 1 street-disruption record in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.