SG7 5AR

Baldock West · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Baldock
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG7
Postcode sector
SG7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG7 5FA 43 m
SG7 5AN 48 m
SG7 5BB 61 m
SG7 5AW 86 m
SG7 5FH 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG7 5AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG7
Postcode sector
SG7 5
Latitude
51.991042
Longitude
-0.193233
British National Grid easting
524,154
British National Grid northing
234,050

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
E00119817
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 004D · E01023590
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 004 · E02004912

Postcode source versions

Explore SG7

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Lavender Court, Baldock, SG7 5AR 13 February 2026 £230,000
1, Lavender Court, Baldock, SG7 5AR 19 November 2021 £280,000
1, Lavender Court, Baldock, SG7 5AR 29 May 2020 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. The Knights Templar School

    Academy converter

    411 m
  2. Brandles School

    Academy special sponsor led

    635 m
  3. Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Community school

    752 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,040
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 398
  • Anti social behaviour 168
  • Other theft 121
  • Criminal damage and arson 86
  • Shoplifting 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

6 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
SG7 5 residents
4,762

Age bands in SG7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

797 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

424 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,005 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,355 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

1,045 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG7 5 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

5

within 5 km

  • THE BALDOCK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82099

    887 m

  • THE BIRCHWOOD AND SOLLERSHOTT SURGERIES

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

    ODS code E82082

    2.4 km

  • THE GARDEN CITY SURGERY

    59 STATION ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 3BJ

    ODS code E82661

    2.5 km

  • THE NEVELLS ROAD SURGERY

    NEVELLS ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, SG6 4TS

    ODS code E82008

    2.7 km

  • LARKSFIELD AND ARLESEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E81022

    4.1 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

  • The Gardens

    BCT · Baldock

    0.2 miles
  • The Gardens

    BCT · Baldock

    0.2 miles
  • Baldock Railway Station

    BCT · Baldock

    0.2 miles
  • Baldock Railway Station

    BCT · Baldock

    0.3 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Baldock

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 004D, 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

27,373 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 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
6
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 £255,000 from 2 recorded sales in SG7 5AR. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Knights Templar School is the nearest published school at 411 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,040 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 398 events.

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