Hitchin Oughton · North Hertfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 86, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ | 15 August 2025 | £390,000 |
| 78, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ | 4 November 2022 | £328,500 |
| 87, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ | 13 January 2020 | £270,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Oughton Primary and Nursery School
Community school
Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School
Community school
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
74 female, 56 male
1,514 residents
734 residents
1,922 residents
2,255 residents
1,660 residents
This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
4
within 5 km
BANCROFT COURT, 30-35 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LH
ODS code E82053
1.1 km
50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL
ODS code E82075
1.1 km
THE TREATMENT CENTRE, PORTMILL HOUSE, PORTMILL LANE, HITCHIN, SG5 1DJ
ODS code Y06095
1.4 km
114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH
ODS code E82044
1.4 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Mattocke Road
BCT · Westmill Estate
Kings Hedges
BCT · Westmill Estate
The Crescent
BCT · Westmill Estate
Bingen Road
BCT · Westmill Estate
Nutleigh Grove
BCT · Westmill Estate
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 012C, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,263 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £359,250 from 2 recorded sales in SG5 2NZ. 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.
Published establishments
31 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Oughton Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 1 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
1,452 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 531 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.