Bishop's Castle

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 30–40%
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
4,044
Households
1,842
Crimes · Aug '26
19
1,842
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
19
Crimes · Aug '26
£337,500
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 23 sales
198
Postcodes

Sold prices in Bishop's Castle

England & Wales
Property sales · Bishop's Castle
HM Land Registry · Bishop's Castle
Average price
£348,043
Median price: £337,500
Median +2.4% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 23 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 1 sales · avg £243,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£570k£407k£243k
Jul '25Nov '25Feb '26May '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Bishop's Castle

England & Wales
Crime trends · Bishop's Castle

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
5
YoY —
21122
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
1
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
210
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
740
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
11
YoY —
1160
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 6 key categories improving

19
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Bishop's Castle

Ethnicity

Total residents: 3,776
White Brit.95.3%
Other White2.1%
White Irish0.5%
Other Asian0.4%
White & Asian0.3%
+ 11 other groups · 1.4%

Religion

Total residents: 3,773
Christian54.4%
No religion38.0%
Not answered6.0%
Other religion0.9%
Buddhist0.4%
+ 4 other religions · 0.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 4,044
50–6425.5%
65–7416.7%
35–4913.6%
75–8411.7%
25–348.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.4%

Households

Total households: 1,842
One person: aged 66+18.0%
Single family household, all members 66+15.8%
One person: other13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.5%
+ 9 other households · 30.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Bishop's Castle

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 4.26 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.26 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Bishop's Castle

1% of postcodes (1 of 198) are in Flood Zone 3 and 0% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 31 (1%)
  • Zone 20 (0%)
  • Zone 1197 (99%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Bishop's Castle

GPs make up most of the mapped places

60 GPs · 29 Museums · 22 Libraries · 124 in all

  • GPs60
  • Museums29
  • Libraries22
  • Hospitals13

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Shropshire.

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Last published allocation

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Overview of Bishop's Castle

Coordinates52.5098, -2.9514
Postcodes
198
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
4,044
Households (Census)
1,842
Recorded crime · Aug '26
19

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