# SG9 Postcode district covering Buntingford and Newtown, in East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire. SG9 is a postcode district covering Buntingford and Newtown, in East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire. Median sale price £465,500 in 2025. Postcode district. Code SG9. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg) 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 SG9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £465,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SG9 was £465,500 in 2025. 372nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,389** (2021). SG9 had 12,389 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 865th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 70%** (2022). About 70% of people in SG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.8%** (January 2026). In SG9, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SG9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 70% of people in SG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SG9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 172 homes were sold in SG9 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SG9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SG9. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SG9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SG9 had 12,389 usual residents at the census. ## How SG9 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | SG9 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £465,500 | 6th most expensive | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2025 | | Population | 12,389 | 6th least populated | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 70% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 19 postcode districts, SG · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 77.8% | 3rd lowest | 19 postcode districts, SG · Jan 2026 | ## Is SG9 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG9 at a rate of 65.9 per 1,000 people. That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across the SG postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG9. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (304), anti-social behaviour (238) and other crime (87). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG9 was 60.0 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 SG9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG9 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in SG9 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [East Hertfordshire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023462) | 1,387 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.2% | | [East Hertfordshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023465) | 1,633 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% | | [East Hertfordshire 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023466) | 2,140 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% | | [East Hertfordshire 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035587) | 1,752 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.6% | | [East Hertfordshire 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035588) | 1,291 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% | | [East Hertfordshire 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035589) | 1,116 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% | | [East Hertfordshire 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023494) | 1,631 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 35.8% | ## Your MP - [North East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hertfordshire): Chris Hinchliff (Labour), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here. - [Hertford and Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertford-and-stortford): Josh Dean (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.8% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in SG9 [Buntingford & Great Hormead](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/buntingford-and-great-hormead) ## Postcode sectors in SG9 [SG9 0 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9-0), [SG9 9 (292 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9-9) ## Councils SG9 covers [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire), [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire) ## Towns in SG9 [Buntingford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford) ## Postcode districts next to SG9 [CB11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb11), [CM23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm23), [SG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg2), [SG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg7), [SG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg8), [SG11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg11) ## More in the SG postcode area [All SG postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## SG9 in brief SG9 is a postcode district covering Buntingford and Newtown, in East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire. About 12,856 people lived in SG9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £465,500 in 2025 across 172 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in SG9 was £465,500 in 2025. SG9 had 12,389 usual residents at the census. About 70% of people in SG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In SG9, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: SG9 - Postcode area: [SG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg) - Constituency: [North East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hertfordshire) - Council: [East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire) - Area: 116 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,856* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 39 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [SG11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg11), [SG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg8), [SG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg7), [CB11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb11), [CM23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm23), [SG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg2) ## Latest updates for SG9 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SG9 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg9