SG18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Biggleswade and Langford, 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 SG18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG18, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG18 at a rate of 62.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (651), anti-social behaviour (405) and other crime (334).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG18 was 56.4 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 SG18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG18 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SG18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 003A | 1,167 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 004A | 1,508 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 004B | 1,652 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 004D | 1,409 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 27.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005A | 1,937 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005B | 1,627 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005C | 1,886 | 216.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005D | 1,765 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005E | 1,264 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 005F | 2,834 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006A | 1,427 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006B | 1,509 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006E | 1,334 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006F | 1,444 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006G | 1,420 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006H | 1,551 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006I | 1,408 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 006J | 1,134 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 010D | 2,255 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 010E | 1,878 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
MPs for SG18
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire88% of SG18’s postcodes
- Alistair StrathernLabourMP for Hitchin12% of SG18’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 SG183
Postcode sectors in SG184
Council1
Towns in SG181
Postcode districts next to SG189
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SG postcode area2
SG18 in brief
SG18 is a postcode district covering Biggleswade and Langford, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 32,281 people lived in SG18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £347,250 in 2025 across 572 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 62.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG18 was £347,250 in 2025.
SG18 had 30,916 usual residents at the census.
In SG18, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG18, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.