Wem

Wem is covered by postcode district SY4. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

Typical price £234,500 Homes sold in Wem, last 12 months. ▼ 4.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 142 of 157 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 160 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wem, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wem, by flood risk Of the 160 postcodes in Wem that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wem. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SY4 5AA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AQ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5AZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BQ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DQ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5ED: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EQ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5ER: not on the flood risk listSY4 5ES: not on the flood risk listSY4 5ET: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5EZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5FL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5GA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5GB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5GD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5GH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HQ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5HZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5JX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5LZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5NX: not on the flood risk listSY4 5NY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5NZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5PA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5QN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5QP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5QR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5QS: not on the flood risk listSY4 5RW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5SD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5SF: not on the flood risk listSY4 5SP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TY: not on the flood risk listSY4 5TZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UR: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UU: not on the flood risk listSY4 5UW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5XJ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5XL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5XN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YA: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YB: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YD: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YE: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YG: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YH: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YL: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YN: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YP: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YT: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YW: not on the flood risk listSY4 5YZ: not on the flood risk listSY4 5DU: low flood risk at worstSY4 5EX: low flood risk at worstSY4 5HG: high flood risk Wem Map of every postcode in Wem, by flood risk Of the 160 postcodes in Wem that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wem. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Wem
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 157

Of the 160 postcodes in Wem that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 157 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.8574, longitude -2.7224. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SY4 5HG1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Wem?

Homes sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 157 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 160 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wem, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Wem?

Homes in Wem sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 96 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£234,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£245,000
12 months to August 2026
£234,500

▼ down 4.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£290,000 45 sales
Semi-detached£220,000 28 sales
Terraced£171,500 20 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SY4 district, Wem's main postcode district: a typical £291,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wem: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Wem?

1 of the 160 postcodes now in use in Wem came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 91 homes sold in Wem were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY4 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

SY4 5FLsince January 2026

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn WemAcross the SY4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 96 (0%) 5 of 296 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 91 (0%) 23 of 378 (6%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Wem?

Ofcom reports on 157 of the 160 postcodes in Wem. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit142 of 157
Postcodes where every home can get superfast153 of 157

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Wem at risk of flooding?

3 of the 160 postcodes in Wem have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 160 postcodes High: 1Medium: 1Low: 6Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Wem?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wem. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Wem?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wem is Wem Rail Station, 300 m away in a straight line.

  • Wem Rail Station Railway station 300 mWalk
  • Prees Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Yorton Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Wem?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Wem. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Wem safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 469 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wem over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 33 September 2025
  2. 38 October 2025
  3. 50 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 25 January 2026
  6. 35 February 2026
  7. 47 March 2026
  8. 27 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 55 June 2026
  11. 53 July 2026
  12. 48 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences234 reports
Anti-social behaviour69 reports
Criminal damage and arson37 reports
Public order30 reports
Other theft25 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Burglary18 reports
Possession of weapons9 reports

Also: vehicle crime 8, other crime 7, drugs 5, robbery 3, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Wem?

Council
Shropshire
Parliamentary constituency
North Shropshire
Police force area
West Mercia
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

All 160 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Wem

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Wem postcodes

160 postcodes in use in Wem, by district:

SY4 postcode district,160 postcodes

That district is in the SY postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Wem

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wem's £234,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bomere Heath10.3 km, £285,000Baschurch11.4 km, £269,000Whitchurch12.6 km, £225,000Ellesmere13.0 km, £220,000Market Drayton16.3 km, £230,000Shrewsbury16.3 km, £270,000Malpas18.4 km, £290,000Whittington, Shropshire19.0 km, £270,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wem

What is it like to live in Wem?
Homes sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 157 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 160 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wem, 300 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Wem?
Wem is covered by postcode district SY4, across 160 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wem in?
Wem is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wem?
Wem is in the North Shropshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wem?
Homes in Wem sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 96 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wem?
In Wem, primary schools at its postcodes include St Peter's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Thomas Adams School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wem have a railway station?
Yes: Wem is 300 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wem, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wem?
Ofcom reports on 157 of the 160 postcodes in Wem. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wem at risk of flooding?
3 of the 160 postcodes in Wem have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Wem?
1 of the 160 postcodes now in use in Wem came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 91 homes sold in Wem were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY4 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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