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SG8 5HN

Royston Heath · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Ward
Royston Heath
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 5GX 127 m
SG8 5FE 176 m
SG8 5HD 183 m
SG8 5HW 217 m
SG8 5BQ 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 5HN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5
Latitude
52.053177
Longitude
-0.039724
British National Grid easting
534,507
British National Grid northing
241,233

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Electoral ward
Royston Heath · E05015775
Parish or community
E04004793
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00189363
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002B · E01023655
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 002 · E02004910

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 1, Greenfield, Royston, SG8 5HN 30 June 2021 £2,230,000
Unit 6, Greenfield, Royston, SG8 5HN 22 March 2018 £220,000
Unit 2, Greenfield, Royston, SG8 5HN 27 July 2015 £160,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. Tannery Drift School

    Community school

    844 m

  2. Roman Way Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

  3. St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
734
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 254
  • Anti social behaviour 149
  • Shoplifting 63
  • Vehicle crime 48
  • Other theft 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
13.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
6.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
6.7%
Gigabit-capable
6.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
13.3%
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

1

within 5 km

  • ROYSIA SURGERY

    BURNS ROAD, ROYSTON, SG8 5PT

    ODS code E82132

    1.4 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

  • Greenfield

    BCT · Royston

    0.1 miles

  • Greenfield

    BCT · Royston

    0.1 miles

  • Gateway

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles

  • South Close

    BCT · Royston

    0.2 miles

  • Hampshire Road

    BCT · Royston

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 002B, 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

28,200 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Tannery Drift School is the nearest published school at 844 m.

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

Recorded crime

734 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 254 events.

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