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 £437,500 over the last year, up 6.7% over five years. 20,844 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)
- £437,500 median price, last 12 months
- 20,844 recorded sales
- +6.7% 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, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 2 Mowbray Crescent | Semi | £383,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 18 Radcliffe Road | Terraced | £515,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Meadowsweet Way | Semi | £389,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 5 Water Lane | Detached | £560,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 92 Peppermint Road | Flat | £290,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 39 Wellingham Avenue | Semi | £595,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 16 Mulberry Close | Terraced | £350,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 38 Hanscombe End Road | Semi | £215,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 45 Ickleford Road | Semi | £730,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 6 Grays Lane | Semi | £595,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 913
- Anti-social behaviour 603
- Other theft 187
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 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)
- 7 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82.2 · 84.3 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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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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