SG5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hitchin, Stotfold and Westmill, in North Hertfordshire and 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 SG5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG5, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG5 at a rate of 69.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 256 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (913), anti-social behaviour (642) and other crime (437).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG5 was 66.2 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 SG5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SG5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 011F | 2,077 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 1.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014A | 1,788 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014B | 2,554 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014D | 2,154 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014E | 1,497 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014F | 2,893 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 014G | 1,534 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 67.2% |
| North Hertfordshire 010A | 2,205 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| North Hertfordshire 010B | 1,561 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| North Hertfordshire 010C | 1,571 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| North Hertfordshire 010D | 1,396 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 012A | 1,662 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 012B | 1,830 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 012C | 1,620 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 012E | 1,841 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.6% |
| North Hertfordshire 012F | 2,470 | 260.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.1% |
| North Hertfordshire 014A | 2,358 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.5% |
| North Hertfordshire 014F | 2,539 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 32.3% |
MPs for SG5
- Alistair StrathernLabourMP for Hitchin91% of SG5’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire6.6% of SG5’s postcodes
- Kevin BonaviaLabourMP for Stevenage2.0% of SG5’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 SG53
Postcode sectors in SG55
Councils SG5 covers2
Towns in SG52
Postcode districts next to SG510
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SG postcode area2
SG5 in brief
SG5 is a postcode district covering Hitchin, Stotfold and Westmill, in North Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire.
About 38,169 people lived in SG5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £470,000 in 2025 across 638 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG5 was £470,000 in 2025.
SG5 had 35,988 usual residents at the census.
In SG5, 84.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG5, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.