SG8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Royston and Melbourn, in South Cambridgeshire and 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 SG8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SG8, 82.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SG8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG8 at a rate of 55.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across SG.
In August 2026 alone, 255 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (852), anti-social behaviour (529) and other crime (356).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG8 was 53.8 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 SG8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG8 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 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 SG8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hertfordshire 001A | 2,372 | 119.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 001B | 1,364 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| North Hertfordshire 001C | 2,076 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 002A | 1,564 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 002B | 2,043 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 002C | 2,333 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 002D | 2,555 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| North Hertfordshire 002E | 1,792 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.3% |
| North Hertfordshire 002F | 1,343 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 016C | 1,254 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 31.3% |
| North Hertfordshire 016D | 1,538 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 32.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 013D | 2,621 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018A | 1,295 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018B | 2,277 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018C | 1,970 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 52.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018D | 1,516 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018E | 1,109 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire 018F | 1,707 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 019A | 1,220 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 45.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 019B | 1,920 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 019C | 1,642 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 019D | 2,457 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.5% |
MPs for SG8
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire50% of SG8’s postcodes
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire48% of SG8’s postcodes
- Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeMP for North West Essex2.3% of SG8’s postcodes
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire0.3% of SG8’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire0.1% of SG8’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 SG84
Postcode sectors in SG87
Councils SG8 covers2
Towns in SG81
Postcode districts next to SG87
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SG postcode area2
SG8 in brief
SG8 is a postcode district covering Royston and Melbourn, in South Cambridgeshire and North Hertfordshire.
About 42,544 people lived in SG8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £415,000 in 2025 across 628 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG8 was £415,000 in 2025.
SG8 had 40,432 usual residents at the census.
In SG8, 82.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SG8, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.