SG8 5NJ

Bassingbourn · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 5RE 74 m
SG8 5RF 74 m
SG8 5NG 85 m
SG8 5NF 110 m
SG8 5NP 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 5NJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5
Latitude
52.076405
Longitude
-0.058276
British National Grid easting
533,166
British National Grid northing
243,782

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Parish or community
E04001764
Westminster constituency
South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area
E00091938
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 019C · E01018228
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 019 · E02003793

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14a, South End, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NJ 4 November 2022 £860,000
17, South End, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NJ 22 July 2022 £200,000
14a, South End, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NJ 26 January 2022 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Bassingbourn Village College

    Academy converter

    141 m
  2. Bassingbourn Primary School

    Community school

    265 m
  3. Roman Way Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
273
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 143
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Public order 21
  • Other theft 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

13 female, 14 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.9
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 0.2% 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROYSIA SURGERY

    BURNS ROAD, ROYSTON, SG8 5PT

    ODS code E82132

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Gateway

    BCT · Royston

    1.6 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Royston

    1.6 miles
  • Beverley Close

    BCT · Royston

    1.7 miles
  • Beverley Close

    BCT · Royston

    1.7 miles
  • Greenfield

    BCT · Royston

    1.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 019C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,018 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £350,000 from 3 recorded sales in SG8 5NJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Cambridgeshire is £436,011 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bassingbourn Village College is the nearest published school at 141 m.

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

Recorded crime

273 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 143 events.

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