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SG4 9LE

Hitchin Highbury · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hitchin
Ward
Hitchin Highbury
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin
Postcode district
SG4
Postcode sector
SG4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG4 9LD 64 m
SG4 9LF 72 m
SG4 9LB 89 m
SG4 9LG 96 m
SG4 9LP 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG4 9LE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG4
Postcode sector
SG4 9
Latitude
51.945190
Longitude
-0.266200
British National Grid easting
519,266
British National Grid northing
228,829

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Electoral ward
Hitchin Highbury · E05015763
Parish or community
E43000232
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00119909
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 013C · E01023608
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 013 · E02004921

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Riddy Hill Close, Hitchin, SG4 9LE 28 February 2020 £418,000
1, Riddy Hill Close, Hitchin, SG4 9LE 30 November 2017 £485,000
4, Riddy Hill Close, Hitchin, SG4 9LE 5 February 2010 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
23
Secondary
6

  1. Hitchin Girls' School

    Academy converter

    377 m

  2. Whitehill Junior School

    Community school

    423 m

  3. Highbury Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    431 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,693
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 574
  • Anti social behaviour 299
  • Shoplifting 171
  • Other theft 155
  • Criminal damage and arson 104

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

10 female, 10 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.5
SG4 9 residents
9,300

Age bands in SG4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,632 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

766 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.1%

2,284 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

2,356 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

1,723 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG4 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

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    710 m

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

    THE TREATMENT CENTRE, PORTMILL HOUSE, PORTMILL LANE, HITCHIN, SG5 1DJ

    ODS code Y06095

    748 m

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    BANCROFT COURT, 30-35 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LH

    ODS code E82053

    1.0 km

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    1.1 km

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    4.7 km

  • THE SYMONDS GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    FILEY CLOSE, STEVENAGE, SG1 2JW

    ODS code E82111

    4.7 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

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

Nearby transport

  • Passingham Avenue

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • Maytrees

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • Maytrees

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.2 miles

  • Manor Crescent

    BCT · Oakfield

    0.2 miles

  • Hollow Lane

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,751 of 33,755

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. Hitchin Girls' School is the nearest published school at 377 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,693 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 574 events.

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