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SG19

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Girtford, Potton and Sandy, in Central Bedfordshire and South Cambridgeshire.

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 SG19 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SG19, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£340,000
851st most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
25,653
1,134th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SG19 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SG19Middle
Median sale price19 postcode districts, SG · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SG19 areas from £322,500 to £712,500. The middle area is £415,000. SG19 is £340,000.
£340,0002nd cheapest
Population19 postcode districts, SG · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SG19 areas from 2,196 to 55,938. The middle area is 20,373. SG19 is 25,653.
25,6539th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, SG · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SG19 areas from 44.5% to 94.5%. The middle area is 88.4%. SG19 is 88.8%.
88.8%9th highest
Claimant rate19 postcode districts, SG · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SG19 areas from 1.1% to 3.7%. The middle area is 2.1%. SG19 is 2.5%.
2.5%6th highest

Is SG19 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG19 at a rate of 57.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.

In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG19.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (548), anti-social behaviour (301) and other crime (243).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG19 was 58.2 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 SG19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG19 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 3 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 SG19

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Central Bedfordshire 001A1,60993.5 per 1,000293.4%
Central Bedfordshire 001B1,66953.7 per 1,000799.7%
Central Bedfordshire 001C2,47128.8 per 1,0001095.3%
Central Bedfordshire 002A1,49059.7 per 1,000386.0%
Central Bedfordshire 002B1,629145.0 per 1,000691.5%
Central Bedfordshire 002C1,48842.7 per 1,000982.6%
Central Bedfordshire 002D1,821100.9 per 1,000583.5%
Central Bedfordshire 003B1,40255.2 per 1,000775.3%
Central Bedfordshire 003C2,00461.8 per 1,000591.2%
Central Bedfordshire 003D1,64937.9 per 1,000693.2%
Central Bedfordshire 003E1,93436.3 per 1,000891.8%
Huntingdonshire 018B1,68533.8 per 1,000889.9%
South Cambridgeshire 013A1,69235.5 per 1,000898.6%
South Cambridgeshire 013B1,55642.0 per 1,000687.2%
South Cambridgeshire 013C1,78940.5 per 1,000666.6%

MPs for SG19

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 SG194

Postcode sectors in SG194

Councils SG19 covers2

Towns in SG191

Postcode districts next to SG196

Nearest rail stations1

More in the SG postcode area2

SG19 in brief

SG19 is a postcode district covering Girtford, Potton and Sandy, in Central Bedfordshire and South Cambridgeshire.

About 26,285 people lived in SG19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 421 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SG19 was £340,000 in 2025.

SG19 had 25,653 usual residents at the census.

In SG19, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SG19, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.