# SA48

Postcode district covering Lampeter, in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.

SA48 is a postcode district covering Lampeter, in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 118.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SA48. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SA48 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SA48 was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 561st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,641** (2021). SA48 had 8,641 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 648th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SA48 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 47.3%** (January 2026). In SA48, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SA48) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in SA48 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SA48) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 108 homes were sold in SA48 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SA48) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SA48.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SA48) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SA48 had 8,641 usual residents at the census.

## How SA48 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SA48 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 24th most expensive | 49 postcode districts, SA · 2025 |
| Population | 8,641 | 24th least populated | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 52 postcode districts, SA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 47.3% | 15th lowest | 52 postcode districts, SA · Jan 2026 |

## Is SA48 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SA48 at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.6 per 1,000 people across the SA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 29 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SA48.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (536), violence and sexual offences (251) and other crime (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SA48 was 75.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in SA48, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SA48 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in Wales.

## Neighbourhoods in SA48

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Carmarthenshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire/neighbourhood/w01000701) | 1,606 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.2% |
| [Ceredigion 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/neighbourhood/w01000524) | 1,920 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 43.2% |
| [Ceredigion 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/neighbourhood/w01000527) | 1,152 | 196.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.8% |
| [Ceredigion 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/neighbourhood/w01000528) | 1,353 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 53.0% |
| [Ceredigion 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/neighbourhood/w01000535) | 2,036 | 285.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.0% |
| [Ceredigion 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/neighbourhood/w01000537) | 1,390 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 40.9% |

## Your MP

- [Ceredigion Preseli](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ceredigion-preseli): Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Caerfyrddin](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/caerfyrddin): Ann Davies (Plaid Cymru), MP since July 2024. 12% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SA48

[Lampeter & Llanfihangel Ystrad](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion/lampeter-and-llanfihangel-ystrad)

## Postcode sectors in SA48

[SA48 7 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48-7), [SA48 8 (190 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48-8), [SA48 9 (5 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48-9)

## Councils SA48 covers

[Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion), [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire)

## Postcode districts next to SA48

[SA19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa19), [SA40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa40), [SA44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa44), [SA46](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa46), [SA47](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa47), [SY23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy23), [SY25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy25)

## More in the SA postcode area

[All SA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SA48 in brief

SA48 is a postcode district covering Lampeter, in Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.
About 8,799 people lived in SA48 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 108 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 118.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SA48 was £225,000 in 2025.
SA48 had 8,641 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SA48 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SA48, 47.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SA48
- Postcode area: [SA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa)
- Constituency: [Ceredigion Preseli †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ceredigion-preseli)
- Council: [Ceredigion †](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion)
- Area: 249 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,799*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 33

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SY25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy25), [SA19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa19), [SA47](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa47), [SA40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa40), [SY23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sy23), [SA46](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa46)

## Latest updates for SA48

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SA48

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sa48