Royston Palace · North Hertfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Larkin Place, Royston, SG8 5UR | 9 January 2026 | £565,000 |
| 6, Larkin Place, Royston, SG8 5UR | 14 October 2022 | £415,000 |
| 3, Larkin Place, Royston, SG8 5UR | 16 November 2020 | £465,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Roman Way Academy
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King James Academy Royston
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St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
10 female, 9 male
2,107 residents
1,029 residents
3,119 residents
2,868 residents
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.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
2
within 5 km
BURNS ROAD, ROYSTON, SG8 5PT
ODS code E82132
229 m
ORCHARD SURGERY, NEW ROAD, MELBOURN, ROYSTON, SG8 6BX
ODS code D81018
3.7 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Roysia Schools
BCT · Royston
Roysia Schools
BCT · Royston
Roysia School
BCT · Royston
Sassoon Drive
BCT · Royston
Roysia Surgery
BCT · Royston
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 001C, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,330 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £490,000 from 2 recorded sales in SG8 5UR. 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.
Published establishments
12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Roman Way Academy is the nearest published school at 156 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
792 published events cover 12 months, averaging 66 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.