SG8 5EY

Royston Heath · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 5EZ 59 m
SG8 5HA 90 m
SG8 5EX 118 m
SG8 5DR 159 m
SG8 5TW 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 5EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5
Latitude
52.054888
Longitude
-0.031262
British National Grid easting
535,082
British National Grid northing
241,439

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Parish or community
E04004793
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00120134
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002C · E01023656
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002 · E02004910

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Orchard Way, Royston, SG8 5EY 11 September 2025 £430,000
5, Orchard Way, Royston, SG8 5EY 24 June 2024 £386,000
2, Orchard Way, Royston, SG8 5EY 16 September 2022 £447,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Tannery Drift School

    Community school

    560 m
  2. Roman Way Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    709 m
  3. St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    896 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
913
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 333
  • Anti social behaviour 177
  • Vehicle crime 69
  • Shoplifting 63
  • Other theft 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

26 female, 23 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
3.1
SG8 5 residents
11,451

Age bands in SG8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

2,107 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,029 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.9%

3,119 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

2,868 residents

Age 65 and over
18.3%

2,050 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 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

2

within 5 km

  • ROYSIA SURGERY

    BURNS ROAD, ROYSTON, SG8 5PT

    ODS code E82132

    782 m

  • ORCHARD SURGERY,MELBOURN

    ORCHARD SURGERY, NEW ROAD, MELBOURN, ROYSTON, SG8 6BX

    ODS code D81018

    4.5 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

  • South Close

    BCT · Royston

    0.1 miles
  • Orchard Road

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles
  • Beverley Close

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles
  • Rock Road

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles
  • Rock Road

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 002C, 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

28,396 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
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 £408,000 from 4 recorded sales in SG8 5EY. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tannery Drift School is the nearest published school at 560 m.

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

Recorded crime

913 published events cover 12 months, averaging 76.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 333 events.

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