SG6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Letchworth, Norton and Willian, in North 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 SG6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG6, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG6 at a rate of 83.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 263 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,066), anti-social behaviour (702) and other crime (431).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG6 was 87.2 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 SG6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 SG6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hertfordshire 003A | 1,496 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| North Hertfordshire 003B | 1,854 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| North Hertfordshire 003C | 1,824 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| North Hertfordshire 003D | 1,634 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 006A | 1,856 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.2% |
| North Hertfordshire 006B | 1,684 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 006C | 1,922 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| North Hertfordshire 006D | 1,328 | 198.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 006E | 1,285 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 007A | 1,270 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 007B | 1,629 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 007C | 1,233 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 007D | 1,500 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 008A | 1,712 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 54.6% |
| North Hertfordshire 008B | 1,563 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 008C | 1,479 | 106.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 008D | 1,469 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| North Hertfordshire 008E | 1,193 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 009A | 1,273 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| North Hertfordshire 009B | 1,250 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 009C | 1,355 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 009D | 1,259 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| North Hertfordshire 009E | 1,256 | 110.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
MPs for SG6
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire100% of SG6’s postcodes
- Alistair StrathernLabourMP for Hitchin0.3% of SG6’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 SG65
Postcode sectors in SG65
Council1
Towns in SG61
Postcode districts next to SG64
Nearest rail stations3
More in the SG postcode area2
SG6 in brief
SG6 is a postcode district covering Letchworth, Norton and Willian, in North Hertfordshire.
About 34,951 people lived in SG6 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 394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG6 was £390,000 in 2025.
SG6 had 34,325 usual residents at the census.
In SG6, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG6, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.