SY9 postcode area guide — Powys
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SY9 postcode district in Powys — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SY9
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
50.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
22.9%
Gigabit-capable
22.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
3.2%
Broadband availability in the SY9 postcode district (Powys) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 134 postcodes Ofcom measures in SY9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 50.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 22.9%.
Around 3.2% of premises in SY9 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SY9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SY9 5AA | 100% | 58.1% |
| SY9 5AB | 100% | 0% |
| SY9 5AD | 100% | 8.7% |
| SY9 5AE | 95.5% | 18.2% |
| SY9 5AF | 100% | 0% |
| SY9 5AG | 75% | 0% |
| SY9 5AH | 100% | 42.9% |
| SY9 5AJ | 100% | 73.3% |
| SY9 5AL | 100% | 85.7% |
| SY9 5AN | 100% | 81% |
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Mobile signal around Powys
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Powys district (71,508 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
75.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
92.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
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Voice indoors — all networks
79.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SY9
Police recorded 14 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SY9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 10 | 71.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 3 | 21.4% |
| Theft from the person | 1 | 7.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SY9
Based on 15 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SY9 is £310,000, up 6.9% on the previous year (£290,000).
Semi-detached
£200,000
4 sales
Terraced
£145,000
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in SY9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2026 | £111,000 | Terraced | Oak Meadow | SY9 5PA |
| 12 Feb 2026 | £276,000 | Terraced | The Gardens | SY9 5BS |
| 2 Feb 2026 | £135,000 | Terraced | Oak Meadow | SY9 5PA |
| 30 Jan 2026 | £420,000 | Terraced | Castle Street | SY9 5BU |
| 19 Jan 2026 | £540,000 | Other | SY9 5DZ | |
| 5 Jan 2026 | £145,000 | Terraced | Church Street | SY9 5AE |
| 17 Dec 2025 | £310,000 | Terraced | Welsh Street | SY9 5BT |
| 18 Nov 2025 | £320,000 | Semi-detached | Grange Road | SY9 5AW |
| 7 Nov 2025 | £155,000 | Semi-detached | Market Square | SY9 5BN |
| 30 Oct 2025 | £720,000 | Other | SY9 5EE |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Powys demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Powys district (133,170 residents, 60,182 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.5% |
| 15–29 | 18% |
| 30–44 | 15.5% |
| 45–64 | 23.1% |
| 65+ | 27.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 67.6% |
| Private rented | 18.1% |
| Social rented | 5.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SY9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Community College, Bishop's Castle | Secondary | 11–16 | 507 | SY9 5AY |
| Bishops Castle Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 128 | SY9 5PA |
| Norbury Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 70 | SY9 5EA |
| Stiperstones CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 25 | SY9 5EA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SY9
36 rated food businesses operate in SY9. 28 hold the top rating of 5, 4 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A J Pugh, Abbeyfield Bishop Castle Society, Adventure Cinema, Bank House B&B, Bishops Castle Hospital.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SY9
From a sample of 108 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 SY9 postcodes, the most common rating is band E (average band E). 10% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
2%
Band B
3%
Band C
6%
Band D
31%
Band E
38%
Band F
18%
Band G
4%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Powys
Landlines around SY9 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.