# SG14

Postcode district covering Hertford, Bengeo and Broadoak End, in East Hertfordshire.

SG14 is a postcode district covering Hertford, Bengeo and Broadoak End, in East Hertfordshire. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SG14. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg)

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 SG14 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SG14 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive 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/sg14#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 20,373** (2021). SG14 had 20,373 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,317th 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/sg14#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 14%** (2022). About 14% of people in SG14 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/sg14#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.4%** (January 2026). In SG14, 90.4% 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/sg14#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SG14) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 14% of people in SG14 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=SG14) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 342 homes were sold in SG14 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SG14) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SG14.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SG14) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SG14 had 20,373 usual residents at the census.

## How SG14 compares

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

| Measure | SG14 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £450,000 | 7th most expensive | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2025 |
| Population | 20,373 | 10th most populated | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 14% | 8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.4% | 7th highest | 19 postcode districts, SG · Jan 2026 |

## Is SG14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG14 at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across the SG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 145 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (594), anti-social behaviour (379) and other crime (237).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG14 was 81.7 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 SG14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG14 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SG14

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Hertfordshire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023485) | 2,270 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 55.2% |
| [East Hertfordshire 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01033609) | 2,616 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [East Hertfordshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023470) | 1,773 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.7% |
| [East Hertfordshire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023471) | 1,419 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023472) | 1,367 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| [East Hertfordshire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023473) | 1,769 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.9% |
| [East Hertfordshire 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023474) | 1,571 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023487) | 1,564 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| [East Hertfordshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023488) | 1,684 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| [East Hertfordshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023489) | 1,369 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [East Hertfordshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023490) | 1,296 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| [East Hertfordshire 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023479) | 1,596 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035597) | 1,303 | 374.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.9% |

## Your MP

- [Hertford and Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertford-and-stortford): Josh Dean (Labour), MP since July 2024. 78% of the people here.
- [North East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hertfordshire): Chris Hinchliff (Labour), MP since July 2024. 21% of the people here.
- [Stevenage](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stevenage): Kevin Bonavia (Labour), MP since July 2024. 1.0% 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 SG14

[Hertford Bengeo](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/hertford-bengeo), [Hertford West](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/hertford-west), [Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/watton-at-stone-bramfield-and-bayford)

## Postcode sectors in SG14

[SG14 1 (178 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg14-1), [SG14 2 (222 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg14-2), [SG14 3 (225 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg14-3)

## Council

[East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)

## Towns in SG14

[Hertford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hertford)

## Postcode districts next to SG14

[AL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al6), [AL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al7), [AL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9), [SG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg2), [SG3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg3), [SG12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg12), [SG13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg13)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hertford North (1.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0918,51.7989), [Hertford East (2.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0729,51.7990), [Ware (Herts) (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.0288,51.8080), [Watton-At-Stone (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1194,51.8564)

## More in the SG postcode area

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

## SG14 in brief

SG14 is a postcode district covering Hertford, Bengeo and Broadoak End, in East Hertfordshire.
About 21,346 people lived in SG14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 342 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG14 was £450,000 in 2025.
SG14 had 20,373 usual residents at the census.
About 14% of people in SG14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SG14, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SG14
- Postcode area: [SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg)
- Constituency: [Hertford and Stortford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertford-and-stortford)
- Council: [East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)
- Area: 46.37 km²
- People, mid-2024: 21,346*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 66

* 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, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SG12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg12), [SG13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg13), [SG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg2), [AL6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al6), [AL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al9), [AL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/al7)

## Latest updates for SG14

- 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/SG14

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg14, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg14#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/sg14