SG2 9NS

Bandley Hill & Poplars · Stevenage · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Stevenage
Local authority
Stevenage
Constituency
Stevenage
Postcode district
SG2
Postcode sector
SG2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG2 9NR 86 m
SG2 9NT 90 m
SG2 9PJ 96 m
SG2 9JN 98 m
SG2 9NE 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG2 9NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG2
Postcode sector
SG2 9
Latitude
51.892845
Longitude
-0.162762
British National Grid easting
526,522
British National Grid northing
223,182

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Stevenage · E07000243
Parish or community
E43000080
Westminster constituency
Stevenage · E14001516
Output area
E00120619
Lower layer super output area
Stevenage 009B · E01023751
Middle layer super output area
Stevenage 009 · E02004952

Postcode source versions

Explore SG2

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
78, Bandley Rise, Stevenage, SG2 9NS 26 September 2025 £330,000
78, Bandley Rise, Stevenage, SG2 9NS 19 December 2016 £270,000
74, Bandley Rise, Stevenage, SG2 9NS 13 April 2015 £202,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. Featherstone Wood Primary School

    Community school

    242 m
  2. Ashtree Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    567 m
  3. Barnwell School

    Foundation school

    775 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,742
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 748
  • Anti social behaviour 240
  • Shoplifting 174
  • Other theft 124
  • Criminal damage and arson 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

22 female, 24 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.9
SG2 9 residents
13,914

Age bands in SG2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

2,778 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,470 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

3,929 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,758 residents

Age 65 and over
14.4%

2,012 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG2 9 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

7

within 5 km

  • SHEPHALL HEALTH CENTRE

    RIDLINS END, STEVENAGE, SG2 9QZ

    ODS code E82056

    406 m

  • BEDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    SINFIELD CL, BEDWELL CRES, STEVENAGE, SG1 1LQ

    ODS code E82093

    1.9 km

  • KNEBWORTH & MARYMEAD PRACTICE

    7 ST MARTINS ROAD, KNEBWORTH, SG3 6ER

    ODS code E82035

    3.3 km

  • KING GEORGE & MANOR HOUSE SURGERIES

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

    ODS code E82086

    3.4 km

  • STANMORE MEDICAL GROUP

    5 STANMORE ROAD, STEVENAGE, SG1 3QA

    ODS code E82005

    3.7 km

  • THE SYMONDS GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    FILEY CLOSE, STEVENAGE, SG1 2JW

    ODS code E82111

    4.6 km

  • WATTON PLACE CLINIC

    HIGH STREET, WATTON AT STONE, HERTFORD, SG14 3SY

    ODS code E82121

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bandley Rise

    BCT · Poplars

    0.0 miles
  • Harefield

    BCT · Poplars

    0.1 miles
  • Featherston Road

    BCT · Poplars

    0.1 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Poplars

    0.2 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Poplars

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stevenage 009B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,255 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
4
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 £330,000 from 1 recorded sale in SG2 9NS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stevenage is £323,429 in June 2026, up 4.7% year on year.

Schools

44 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Featherstone Wood Primary School is the nearest published school at 242 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,742 published events cover 12 months, averaging 145.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 748 events.

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