SG17 5LS

Meppershall & Shillington · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shefford
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin
Postcode district
SG17
Postcode sector
SG17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG17 5QF 49 m
SG17 5LR 86 m
SG17 5QE 104 m
SG17 5SH 142 m
SG17 5LJ 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG17 5LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG17
Postcode sector
SG17 5
Latitude
52.017474
Longitude
-0.338924
British National Grid easting
514,084
British National Grid northing
236,751

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011969
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00087842
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 013C · E01017393
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 013 · E02003611

Postcode source versions

Explore SG17

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, High Street, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5LS 29 May 2026 £230,000
13, High Street, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5LS 20 March 2026 £312,500
23a, High Street, Meppershall, Shefford, SG17 5LS 18 July 2025 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Meppershall Church of England Academy

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    645 m
  2. Campton Academy

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    1.9 km
  3. Robert Bloomfield Academy

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    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 53
  • Anti social behaviour 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Burglary 7
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

15 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.1
SG17 5 residents
14,767

Age bands in SG17 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

2,797 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,538 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

3,898 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

3,865 residents

Age 65 and over
17.4%

2,549 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG17 5 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

2

within 5 km

  • DR CARRAGHER AND NEAL AND AKHTAR

    109 STATION ROAD, LOWER STONDON, HENLOW, SG16 6JJ

    ODS code E81061

    2.2 km

  • SHEFFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    ROBERT LUCAS DRIVE, SHEFFORD, SG17 5FS

    ODS code E81033

    2.3 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

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Meppershall

    0.0 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Meppershall

    0.0 miles
  • Brookmead

    BCT · Meppershall

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meppershall

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meppershall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 013C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,061 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £310,000 from 5 recorded sales in SG17 5LS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Central Bedfordshire is £356,453 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Meppershall Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 645 m.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 53 events.

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