SG6 3BA

Letchworth South West · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Letchworth Garden City
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG6
Postcode sector
SG6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG6 3WA 32 m
SG6 3BQ 55 m
SG6 3BL 86 m
SG6 3AU 92 m
SG6 3ES 96 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG6 3BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG6
Postcode sector
SG6 3
Latitude
51.980510
Longitude
-0.226799
British National Grid easting
521,878
British National Grid northing
232,822

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E43000232
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00189416
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 008A · E01023644
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 008 · E02004916

Postcode source versions

Explore SG6

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Le Jardin, 22, Station Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3BA 8 August 2025 £300,000
Le Jardin, 16, Station Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3BA 6 June 2025 £390,000
Le Jardin, 10, Station Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3BA 22 November 2024 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
29
Secondary
8
  1. Hillshott Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    542 m
  2. Pixmore Junior School

    Community school

    767 m
  3. St Francis College

    Other independent school

    941 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,230
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 845
  • Anti social behaviour 426
  • Criminal damage and arson 193
  • Shoplifting 181
  • Other theft 170

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

20 female, 8 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
1.2
SG6 3 residents
5,897

Age bands in SG6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,069 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

641 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,314 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,722 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,510 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG6 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

9

within 5 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

    102 m

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    185 m

  • THE BIRCHWOOD AND SOLLERSHOTT SURGERIES

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

    ODS code E82082

    250 m

  • THE BALDOCK SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, ASTONIA HOUSE, HIGH STREET, BALDOCK, SG7 6BP

    ODS code E82099

    3.0 km

  • LARKSFIELD AND ARLESEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LARKSFIELD & ARLESEY SURGERY, ARLESEY ROAD, STOTFOLD, HITCHIN, SG5 4HB

    ODS code E81022

    4.1 km

  • REGAL CHAMBERS SURGERY

    50 BANCROFT, HITCHIN, SG5 1LL

    ODS code E82075

    4.6 km

  • BANCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82053

    4.7 km

  • THE PORTMILL SURGERY

    114 QUEEN STREET, HITCHIN, SG4 9TH

    ODS code E82044

    4.8 km

  • HERTFORDSHIRE SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME

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

    ODS code Y06095

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Letchworth Railway Station East

    BCT · Letchworth

    0.0 miles
  • Letchworth Railway Station East

    BCT · Letchworth

    0.1 miles
  • Letchworth Railway Station

    BCT · Letchworth

    0.1 miles
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station

    RLY · Letchworth

    0.1 miles
  • Letchworth Rail Station

    RSE · Letchworth

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 008A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,750 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 £390,000 from 9 recorded sales in SG6 3BA. 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 8 secondary schools. Hillshott Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 542 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,230 published events cover 12 months, averaging 185.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 845 events.

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