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SG5 2EY

Hitchin Priory · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hitchin Priory
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin
Postcode district
SG5
Postcode sector
SG5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG5 2AZ 75 m
SG5 2BD 99 m
SG5 2EF 101 m
SG5 2HP 103 m
SG5 2AY 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG5 2EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG5
Postcode sector
SG5 2
Latitude
51.946604
Longitude
-0.286574
British National Grid easting
517,862
British National Grid northing
228,953

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Electoral ward
Hitchin Priory · E05015765
Parish or community
E43000232
Westminster constituency
Hitchin · E14001289
Output area
E00119933
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 012E · E01023615
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 012 · E02004920

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
21
Secondary
5

  1. Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school

    458 m

  2. Hitchin Boys' School

    Academy converter

    753 m

  3. Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    884 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,583
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 570
  • Anti social behaviour 292
  • Other theft 157
  • Shoplifting 149
  • Criminal damage and arson 96

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SG5 2 residents
8,512

Age bands in SG5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.7%

1,514 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

734 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,922 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,255 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

1,660 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

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

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

    ODS code Y06095

    798 m

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    854 m

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82053

    856 m

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    1.0 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

  • Moormead Close

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.0 miles

  • Moormead Close

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.1 miles

  • West Hill

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.3 miles

  • Waitrose

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.3 miles

  • Grammar School Walk

    BCT · Hitchin

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 012E, 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

32,363 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School is the nearest published school at 458 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,583 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 570 events.

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