SG5 1QL

Hitchin Bearton · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hitchin
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin
Postcode district
SG5
Postcode sector
SG5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG5 1QJ 43 m
SG5 1RN 62 m
SG5 1RL 91 m
SG4 9FJ 97 m
SG5 1QH 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG5 1QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG5
Postcode sector
SG5 1
Latitude
51.953116
Longitude
-0.267640
British National Grid easting
519,146
British National Grid northing
229,708

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E43000232
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00119865
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 010A · E01023601
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 010 · E02004918

Postcode source versions

Explore SG5

63 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
46, Dacre Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QL 24 January 2025 £395,035
68, Dacre Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QL 18 November 2024 £270,000
56, Dacre Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QL 1 October 2024 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin

    Voluntary aided school

    331 m
  2. Hitchin Girls' School

    Academy converter

    588 m
  3. York Road Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    753 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,985
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 693
  • Anti social behaviour 344
  • Shoplifting 178
  • Other theft 177
  • Criminal damage and arson 132

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
66

33 female, 33 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
1.8
SG5 1 residents
7,620

Age bands in SG5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,384 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

663 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.6%

2,817 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

2,002 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

1,268 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG5 1 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

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    569 m

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82053

    668 m

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    681 m

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

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

    ODS code Y06095

    729 m

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    4.1 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

    4.2 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD AND SOLLERSHOTT SURGERIES

    232-240 NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4UB

    ODS code E82082

    4.4 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

  • Hitchin Railway Station

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles
  • Hitchin Railway Station

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles
  • Hitchin Railway Station

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles
  • Hitchin Railway Station

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles
  • Hitchin Railway Station

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 010A, 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

24,977 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 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
11
Medium risk addresses
6
Low risk addresses
15
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 £250,000 from 9 recorded sales in SG5 1QL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Hertfordshire is £422,616 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin is the nearest published school at 331 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,985 published events cover 12 months, averaging 165.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 693 events.

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