# SG15

Postcode district covering Arlesey and Church End, in Central Bedfordshire.

SG15 is a postcode district covering Arlesey and Church End, in Central Bedfordshire. Median sale price £322,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SG15. 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 SG15 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £322,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SG15 was £322,500 in 2025. Joint 953rd 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/sg15#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 6,027** (2021). SG15 had 6,027 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 518th 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/sg15#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 6%** (2022). About 6% of people in SG15 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/sg15#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.5%** (January 2026). In SG15, 94.5% 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/sg15#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SG15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 6% of people in SG15 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=SG15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 100 homes were sold in SG15 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SG15) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SG15.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SG15) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SG15 had 6,027 usual residents at the census.

## How SG15 compares

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

| Measure | SG15 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £322,500 | cheapest | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2025 |
| Population | 6,027 | 2nd least populated | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 6% | 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.5% | highest | 19 postcode districts, SG · Jan 2026 |

## Is SG15 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG15 at a rate of 57.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across the SG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (125), violence and sexual offences (105) and other crime (64).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG15 was 56.7 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 SG15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG15 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in SG15

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Central Bedfordshire 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017376) | 2,079 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017377) | 1,932 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017378) | 2,016 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |

## Your MP

- [Hitchin](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hitchin): Alistair Strathern (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Middle areas in SG15

[Arlesey & Henlow](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/arlesey-and-henlow)

## Postcode sectors in SG15

[SG15 6 (120 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg15-6)

## Council

[Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

## Postcode districts next to SG15

[SG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg5), [SG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg6), [SG16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg16), [SG18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg18)

## Nearest rail stations

[Arlesey (3.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2663,52.0260), [Letchworth Garden City (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2293,51.9800), [Hitchin (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.2635,51.9533), [Baldock (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1876,51.9929)

## 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)

## SG15 in brief

SG15 is a postcode district covering Arlesey and Church End, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 6,366 people lived in SG15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £322,500 in 2025 across 100 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG15 was £322,500 in 2025.
SG15 had 6,027 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in SG15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SG15, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SG15
- Postcode area: [SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg)
- Constituency: [Hitchin †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hitchin)
- Council: [Central Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)
- Area: 9.49 km²
- People, mid-2024: 6,366*
- Neighbourhoods: 3
- Output areas: 18

* 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

[SG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg5), [SG16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg16), [SG18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg18), [SG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg6)

## Latest updates for SG15

- 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/SG15

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg15, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg15#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/sg15