SG1 6GR

Great Ashby · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Stevenage
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin
Postcode district
SG1
Postcode sector
SG1 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG1 6HW 81 m
SG1 6GE 112 m
SG1 6GQ 118 m
SG1 6GG 119 m
SG1 6GH 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG1 6GR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG1
Postcode sector
SG1 6
Latitude
51.933911
Longitude
-0.173101
British National Grid easting
525,696
British National Grid northing
227,731

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E04012228
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00169655
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 017A · E01033026
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 017 · E02007089

Postcode source versions

Explore SG1

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
34, Benbroke Place, Great Ashby, Stevenage, SG1 6GR 26 February 2026 £425,000
40, Benbroke Place, Great Ashby, Stevenage, SG1 6GR 12 September 2025 £665,000
38, Benbroke Place, Great Ashby, Stevenage, SG1 6GR 27 March 2025 £370,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
26
Secondary
6
  1. Round Diamond Primary School

    Academy converter

    485 m
  2. The Leys Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    936 m
  3. Giles Junior School

    Community school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
974
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 476
  • Anti social behaviour 150
  • Other theft 75
  • Criminal damage and arson 70
  • Public order 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
73

42 female, 31 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.9
SG1 6 residents
6,897

Age bands in SG1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.9%

1,552 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

720 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.4%

2,261 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

1,764 residents

Age 65 and over
6.9%

469 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG1 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • STANMORE MEDICAL GROUP

    5 STANMORE ROAD, STEVENAGE, SG1 3QA

    ODS code E82005

    3.2 km

  • BEDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    SINFIELD CL, BEDWELL CRES, STEVENAGE, SG1 1LQ

    ODS code E82093

    3.4 km

  • KING GEORGE & MANOR HOUSE SURGERIES

    KING GEORGE SURGERY(MAIN), 135 HIGH STREET, STEVENAGE, SG1 3HT

    ODS code E82086

    3.7 km

  • THE SYMONDS GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    FILEY CLOSE, STEVENAGE, SG1 2JW

    ODS code E82111

    4.1 km

  • SHEPHALL HEALTH CENTRE

    RIDLINS END, STEVENAGE, SG2 9QZ

    ODS code E82056

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Beacons

    BCT · Great Ashby

    0.3 miles
  • The Beacons

    BCT · Great Ashby

    0.3 miles
  • Bray Drive

    BCT · Great Ashby

    0.4 miles
  • Fairfield Way

    BCT · Great Ashby

    0.4 miles
  • Bray Drive

    BCT · Great Ashby

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 017A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,617 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £480,000 from 4 recorded sales in SG1 6GR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Hertfordshire is £422,616 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. Round Diamond Primary School is the nearest published school at 485 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

974 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 476 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.