SG2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stevenage, Shephall and Broadwater, in Stevenage and East Hertfordshire.
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 SG2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG2, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG2 at a rate of 79.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 295 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,427), anti-social behaviour (563) and other crime (561).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG2 was 74.8 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 SG2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- 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 SG2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hertfordshire 019B | 1,367 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 12.9% |
| East Hertfordshire 019C | 1,439 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.1% |
| Stevenage 007A | 1,502 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Stevenage 007B | 1,550 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Stevenage 007C | 2,178 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.8% |
| Stevenage 007D | 1,595 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Stevenage 009A | 1,222 | 236.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Stevenage 009B | 1,195 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 009C | 1,463 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 009D | 1,679 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 009E | 1,326 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 010A | 1,693 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| Stevenage 010B | 1,650 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 010C | 1,507 | 133.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| Stevenage 010D | 1,624 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Stevenage 011A | 1,703 | 147.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.3% |
| Stevenage 011B | 1,601 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Stevenage 011C | 1,942 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Stevenage 011D | 1,885 | 382.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.4% |
| Stevenage 012A | 1,540 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
| Stevenage 012B | 1,286 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Stevenage 012C | 1,595 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| Stevenage 012D | 1,598 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Stevenage 013A | 1,670 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Stevenage 013B | 1,751 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Stevenage 013C | 1,498 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Stevenage 013D | 1,513 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
MPs for SG2
- Kevin BonaviaLabourMP for Stevenage88% of SG2’s postcodes
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire12% of SG2’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 SG27
Postcode sectors in SG24
Councils SG2 covers2
Towns in SG21
Postcode districts next to SG28
Nearest rail stations3
More in the SG postcode area2
SG2 in brief
SG2 is a postcode district covering Stevenage, Shephall and Broadwater, in Stevenage and East Hertfordshire.
About 43,422 people lived in SG2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £353,000 in 2025 across 575 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG2 was £353,000 in 2025.
SG2 had 42,935 usual residents at the census.
In SG2, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG2, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.