SG17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shefford, Chicksands and Clifton, in Central Bedfordshire.
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 SG17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG17, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG17 at a rate of 56.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 62 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (278), anti-social behaviour (156) and other crime (138).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG17 was 71.1 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 SG17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG17 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SG17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 011A | 1,905 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 011B | 1,688 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 011C | 2,112 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 011D | 1,945 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 011E | 2,119 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 40.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 013A | 1,525 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 013B | 1,870 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 013C | 2,044 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
MPs for SG17
- Alistair StrathernLabourMP for Hitchin98% of SG17’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire1.5% of SG17’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire0.7% of SG17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SG172
Postcode sectors in SG172
Council1
Postcode districts next to SG174
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SG postcode area2
SG17 in brief
SG17 is a postcode district covering Shefford, Chicksands and Clifton, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 16,246 people lived in SG17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £390,000 in 2025 across 282 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG17 was £390,000 in 2025.
SG17 had 14,648 usual residents at the census.
In SG17, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG17, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.