SG5 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of SG5, Hitchin from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
SG5 is a postcode district in Hitchin. Homes here sold for a median of £440,000 over the last year, up 8.6% over five years. 20,752 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (61% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 61% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £240,000 median sold price (all time)
- £440,000 median price, last 12 months
- 20,752 recorded sales
- +8.6% 5-year price change
- 61% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 61% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 7 Regal Court | Flat | £94,500 | May 2026 |
| Park House Old Park Road | Flat | £249,999 | May 2026 |
| 24 Baldock Road | Detached | £540,000 | May 2026 |
| 32 The Mixies | Semi | £362,500 | May 2026 |
| 35 Wycklond Close | Terraced | £190,000 | May 2026 |
| 113 Hitchin Road | Semi | £501,000 | May 2026 |
| 22 Garden Row | Terraced | £505,000 | May 2026 |
| 16 Florence Street | Semi | £641,250 | Apr 2026 |
| 30A Church Road | Semi | £296,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Old Ramerick Barns Bedford Road | Semi | £1,064,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 895
- Anti-social behaviour 587
- Other theft 184
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider North Hertfordshire district
The figures below cover North Hertfordshire — the council district SG5 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £411,750 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 133,211 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 94% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈51 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 72% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 6.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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