UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/shropshire

Council areaWest Midlands, England

House prices in Shropshire

Homes in Shropshire sold for a median of £275,500 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 8,557 standard sales.

That puts it in the middle third of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £255,000.

Median sale price£275,5008,557 standard sales
Middle half of prices£208,000 to £385,000
Change since 2016+38%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 38%, from £200,000 in 2016 to £275,000 in 2025, less than the 50% rise across the West Midlands as a whole.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Shropshire, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached3,498£385,000£310,000 to £504,000£3,254/m²from 149 sales
Semi-detached2,775£245,000£208,000 to £295,000£2,981/m²from 102 sales
Terraced1,695£210,000£169,000 to £264,000£3,118/m²from 51 sales
Flats and maisonettes589£144,000£110,000 to £193,000£2,571/m²from 20 sales

Detached houses were the most common type sold in Shropshire, at 41% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 32%.

Postcode districts in Shropshire

The dearest district was SY6 (Church Stretton), at £385,000, and the cheapest were SY1 (Shrewsbury) and SY11 (Oswestry), both at £225,000.

The next dearest were DY14 (Kidderminster) and SY7 (Craven Arms), and the next cheapest SY12 (Ellesmere) and TF12 (Broseley).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Shropshire, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Shropshire, by number of sales: Shrewsbury (SY1, SY2, SY3, SY4, SY5), Oswestry (SY10, SY11), Market Drayton (TF9), Bridgnorth (WV15, WV16), Whitchurch (SY13), Ludlow (SY8), Shifnal (TF11), Ellesmere (SY12), and 7 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SY6Church Stretton, 189 sales£385,000Too few
  2. DY14Kidderminster, 163 sales£345,000Too few
  3. SY7Craven Arms, 246 sales£340,000+13%
  4. SY10Oswestry, 362 sales£320,000+5%
  5. WV7Wolverhampton, 184 sales£320,000+1%
  6. SY4Shrewsbury, 674 sales£310,000+3%
  7. SY5Shrewsbury, 492 sales£310,000−6%
  8. SY3Shrewsbury, 1,112 sales£304,500+3%
  9. SY2Shrewsbury, 600 sales£285,000−4%
  10. TF11Shifnal, 317 sales£285,000+1%
  11. TF9Market Drayton, 684 sales£280,000+5%
  12. SY8Ludlow, 546 sales£275,000−2%
  13. SY13Whitchurch, 602 sales£275,000+5%
  14. WV15Bridgnorth, 202 sales£274,000+1%
  15. WV16Bridgnorth, 403 sales£265,000+2%
  16. TF12Broseley, 127 sales£255,000Too few
  17. SY12Ellesmere, 282 sales£250,000−2%
  18. SY1Shrewsbury, 683 sales£225,000+3%
  19. SY11Oswestry, 762 sales£225,000+2%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: SY9 £290k (47 sales), TF13 £393k (92 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in SY7 (Craven Arms), up 13%, and fell most in SY5 (Shrewsbury), down 6%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury (SY2)41 sales
  • Mossfield Way, Whitchurch (SY13)36 sales
  • Holland Drive, Shrewsbury (SY2)34 sales
  • Meadowlands Road, Whitchurch (SY13)29 sales
  • Copthorne Road, Shrewsbury (SY3)29 sales
  • Bligny Crescent, Bicton Heath (SY3)25 sales
  • Mccreadie Drive, Ellesmere (SY12)24 sales
  • Morris Grove, Bicton Heath (SY3)24 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Lady Herbert Way, Shrewsbury (SY3, detached houses, £605,000), Woodfield Road, Shrewsbury (SY3, £522,500) and Morris Grove, Bicton Heath (SY3, £481,000).

The cheapest were Meadowbrook Court, Gobowen (SY10, semi-detached houses, £104,000), Shrewsbury Road, Church Stretton (SY6, £120,000) and Dairy Grove, Ellesmere (SY12, flats, £133,500).

Living in Shropshire

Crime

52 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Lower than 88 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

76% of homes can get it

Lower than 90 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

70% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 67 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,528 a year in Shropshire for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 75 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the West Midlands

Median sale price of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Shropshire and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Solihull£332,500
  2. Malvern Hills£330,000
  3. Wychavon£327,500
  4. Lichfield£312,500
  5. Rugby£297,000
  6. Herefordshire£295,000
  7. South Staffordshire£290,000
  8. Shropshire£275,500
  9. North Warwickshire£265,000
  10. Redditch£260,000
  11. Stafford£260,000
  12. Worcester£258,000
  13. Wyre Forest£257,000
  14. Tamworth£248,000
  15. Nuneaton and Bedworth£244,000
All 30 council areas in the West Midlands, ranked

About these figures

Shropshire's figures come from 8,557 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages). New builds made up 6% of them.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.