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SG4 9ZQ

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 9LP 9 m
SG4 9LF 67 m
SG4 9LW 68 m
SG4 9LD 71 m
SG4 9LE 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG4 9ZQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2003
Terminated
1 August 2004
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG4
Postcode sector
SG4 9
Latitude
51.944272
Longitude
-0.266701
British National Grid easting
519,234
British National Grid northing
228,726

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

Explore SG4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
22
Secondary
6

  1. Whitehill Junior School

    Community school

    321 m

  2. Highbury Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    428 m

  3. Hitchin Girls' School

    Academy converter

    449 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,629
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 554
  • Anti social behaviour 278
  • Shoplifting 169
  • Other theft 150
  • Criminal damage and arson 100

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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    747 m

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

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

    ODS code Y06095

    779 m

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82053

    1.1 km

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    1.1 km

  • THE SYMONDS GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    FILEY CLOSE, STEVENAGE, SG1 2JW

    ODS code E82111

    4.7 km

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    4.8 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Maytrees

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.0 miles

  • Passingham Avenue

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • Maytrees

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • Hollow Lane

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.2 miles

  • Manor Crescent

    BCT · Oakfield

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. Whitehill Junior School is the nearest published school at 321 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,629 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 554 events.

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