SG17 5QB

Shefford · 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 5PR 357 m
SG17 5XQ 357 m
SG17 5QG 760 m
SG17 5XF 888 m
SG17 5XG 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG17 5QB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG17
Postcode sector
SG17 5
Latitude
52.047902
Longitude
-0.364645
British National Grid easting
512,243
British National Grid northing
240,095

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Electoral ward
Shefford · E05014421
Parish or community
E04011935
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00177134
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 011E · E01017441
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 011 · E02003609

Postcode source versions

Explore SG17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Paripak, Chicksands, Shefford, SG17 5QB 29 July 2017 £1,891,139

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Shefford Lower School

    Community school

    2.0 km
  2. Campton Academy

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Robert Bloomfield Academy

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
53
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Drugs 6
  • Possession of weapons 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.7
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • SHEFFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    ROBERT LUCAS DRIVE, SHEFFORD, SG17 5FS

    ODS code E81033

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Chicksands Turn

    BCT · Chicksands

    0.3 miles
  • Chicksands Turn

    BCT · Chicksands

    0.3 miles
  • Council Offices

    BCT · Chicksands

    0.9 miles
  • Chicksands Junction

    BCT · Campton

    1.0 miles
  • Chicksands Junction

    BCT · Campton

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 011E, 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

26,452 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Shefford Lower School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

53 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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