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SG4 9TQ

Hitchin Highbury · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG4 9TU 37 m
SG4 9TE 41 m
SG4 9TS 44 m
SG4 9TT 69 m
SG4 9TX 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG4 9TQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG4
Postcode sector
SG4 9
Latitude
51.945971
Longitude
-0.275860
British National Grid easting
518,600
British National Grid northing
228,900

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
E00119906
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 013A · E01023606
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 013 · E02004921

Postcode source versions

Explore SG4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
24
Secondary
5

  1. Highbury Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    240 m

  2. Hitchin Girls' School

    Academy converter

    496 m

  3. Hitchin Boys' School

    Academy converter

    606 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,631
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 548
  • Anti social behaviour 289
  • Shoplifting 170
  • Other theft 155
  • Criminal damage and arson 105

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

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

    ODS code Y06095

    305 m

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    327 m

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82053

    624 m

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    763 m

Nearby transport

  • ASDA

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.0 miles

  • ASDA

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • St Mary's Square

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • St Mary's Square

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • St Mary's Square

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 013A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,827 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Highbury Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 240 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,631 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 548 events.

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