Arlesey

Arlesey is covered by postcode district SG15. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.

Typical price £338,000 Homes sold in Arlesey, last 12 months. ▲ 3.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 95 of 110 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 112 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 31 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Arlesey, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Arlesey, by flood risk Of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 103 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Arlesey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A507 SG15 6AB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AE: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AF: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AG: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AJ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AL: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AN: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AP: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AR: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AT: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AU: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AW: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AX: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AY: not on the flood risk listSG15 6AZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6BB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6BQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6FB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6PB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6PD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6QY: not on the flood risk listSG15 6QZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RA: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RE: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RG: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RJ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RL: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RN: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RP: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RR: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RS: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RU: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RW: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RX: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RY: not on the flood risk listSG15 6RZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SA: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SG: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SJ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SL: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SN: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SP: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6ST: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SW: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SX: not on the flood risk listSG15 6SZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TA: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TE: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TF: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TL: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TN: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TP: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TR: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TS: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TT: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TU: not on the flood risk listSG15 6TW: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UA: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UE: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UF: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UG: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UJ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UL: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UN: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UP: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UQ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UR: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UT: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UU: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UW: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UY: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XF: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XJ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XR: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XU: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XX: not on the flood risk listSG15 6XZ: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YD: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YE: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YF: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YG: not on the flood risk listSG15 6YH: not on the flood risk listSG15 6ZA: not on the flood risk listSG15 6ZB: not on the flood risk listSG15 6UX: low flood risk at worstSG15 6XA: low flood risk at worstSG15 6XD: low flood risk at worstSG15 6XE: low flood risk at worstSG15 6XH: low flood risk at worstSG15 6XT: low flood risk at worstSG15 6GH: medium flood risk at worstSG15 6RF: high flood riskSG15 6XL: high flood risk Arlesey Map of every postcode in Arlesey, by flood risk Of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 103 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Arlesey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Arlesey
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 103

Of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 103 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0134, longitude -0.2642. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SG15 6RF4 at high riskSG15 6XL1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Arlesey?

Homes sold for a typical £338,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 31 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 112 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Larksfield and Arlesey Medical Practice, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Arlesey?

Homes in Arlesey sold for a typical £338,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£338,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£326,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £533,750 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £340,025 20 sales
  • Terraced £306,000 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £178,000 7 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Arlesey: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Arlesey?

12 of the 112 postcodes now in use in Arlesey came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 111 homes sold in Arlesey were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG15 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

SG15 6BQsince February 2026SG15 6AZsince July 2022SG15 6AUsince October 2021SG15 6AYsince July 2021SG15 6AWsince June 2021SG15 6AXsince June 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ArleseyAcross the SG15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 69 (1%) 1 of 69 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 111 (Under 1%) 1 of 112 (Under 1%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Arlesey?

Ofcom reports on 110 of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit95 of 110
Postcodes where every home can get superfast108 of 110

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Arlesey at risk of flooding?

9 of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 31 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 112 postcodes High: 5Medium: 26Low: 58

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Arlesey?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Arlesey. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Arlesey?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Arlesey is Arlesey Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Baldock Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Arlesey?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Arlesey. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Arlesey safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 333 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Arlesey over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 31 September 2025
  2. 31 October 2025
  3. 29 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 18 January 2026
  6. 20 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 34 April 2026
  9. 23 May 2026
  10. 30 June 2026
  11. 35 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Anti-social behaviour118 reports
Violence and sexual offences90 reports
Other theft31 reports
Criminal damage and arson19 reports
Drugs15 reports
Burglary14 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Public order12 reports

Also: other crime 11, bicycle theft 4, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Arlesey?

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Hitchin
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Alistair Strathern (Labour)

All 112 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Arlesey

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Arlesey postcodes

112 postcodes in use in Arlesey, by district:

SG15 postcode district,112 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Arlesey

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Arlesey's £338,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stotfold2.1 km, £425,000Henlow2.5 km, £390,000Lower Stondon3.0 km, £350,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire3.7 km, £430,000Langford4.5 km, £380,000Ickleford4.8 km, £372,500Letchworth4.8 km, £400,000Shefford5.4 km, £371,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Arlesey

What is it like to live in Arlesey?
Homes sold for a typical £338,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 110 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 31 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 112 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Larksfield and Arlesey Medical Practice, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Arlesey?
Arlesey is covered by postcode district SG15, across 112 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Arlesey in?
Arlesey is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Arlesey?
Arlesey is in the Hitchin parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alistair Strathern (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Arlesey?
Homes in Arlesey sold for a typical £338,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Arlesey?
In Arlesey, primary schools at its postcodes include Gothic Mede Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Etonbury Academy, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Arlesey have a railway station?
Yes: Arlesey is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Arlesey, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Arlesey?
Ofcom reports on 110 of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Arlesey at risk of flooding?
9 of the 112 postcodes in Arlesey have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 31 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Arlesey?
12 of the 112 postcodes now in use in Arlesey came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 111 homes sold in Arlesey were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG15 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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