Royston

Royston is covered by postcode district SG8. It is in the North Hertfordshire council area, Hertfordshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Royston (North Hertfordshire).

Typical price £356,500 Homes sold in Royston, last 12 months. ▼ 4.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 305 of 412 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Royston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Royston, by flood risk Of the 429 postcodes in Royston that ONS places, 429 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Royston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A505A10 SG8 1BQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AD: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AF: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AH: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AN: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AS: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5AZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BD: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BH: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BN: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BS: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DD: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DH: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DN: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DS: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5DX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5EA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5EB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5ED: not on the flood risk listSG8 5EE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5EF: not on the flood risk 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the flood risk listSG8 5GL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5GR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5GT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5GU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5GX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HD: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HN: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5JZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PF: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5RQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SF: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SS: not on the flood risk listSG8 5ST: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TB: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TD: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TF: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5TW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UH: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5US: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5WA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5WY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5XD: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AA: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AB: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AD: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AE: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AG: not on the flood risk listSG8 7AH: not on 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listSG8 9UG: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UH: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UL: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UN: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UR: not on the flood risk listSG8 9UW: not on the flood risk listSG8 9XP: not on the flood risk list Royston Map of every postcode in Royston, by flood risk Of the 429 postcodes in Royston that ONS places, 429 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Royston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Royston
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 429

Of the 429 postcodes in Royston that ONS places, 429 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0514, longitude -0.0215. 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

What is it like to live in Royston?

Homes sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 305 of the 412 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 429 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Royston, 400 metres 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 Royston?

Homes in Royston sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 228 sales, down 4.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£356,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£374,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £575,000 44 sales
  • Semi-detached £405,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £355,000 73 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £198,250 58 sales

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

Across the whole SG8 district, Royston's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Royston: 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 Royston?

20 of the 429 postcodes now in use in Royston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 308 homes sold in Royston were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%.

The newest postcodes

SG8 1GTsince October 2025SG8 1GSsince September 2025SG8 1GRsince July 2025SG8 5RQsince November 2024SG8 7FUsince September 2024SG8 9GJsince June 2024

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 RoystonAcross the SG8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 228 (0%) 9 of 452 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 308 (2%) 70 of 640 (11%)

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 Royston?

Ofcom reports on 412 of the 429 postcodes in Royston. At 305 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit305 of 412
Postcodes where every home can get superfast396 of 412

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 Royston at risk of flooding?

None of the 429 postcodes in Royston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Royston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Royston. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Royston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Royston is Royston Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.

  • Royston Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
  • Meldreth Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Ashwell & Morden Rail Station Railway station 6.5 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 Royston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Royston. 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 Royston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,053 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Royston 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. 93 September 2025
  2. 85 October 2025
  3. 69 November 2025
  4. 65 December 2025
  5. 64 January 2026
  6. 83 February 2026
  7. 101 March 2026
  8. 80 April 2026
  9. 94 May 2026
  10. 96 June 2026
  11. 103 July 2026
  12. 120 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences367 reports
Anti-social behaviour250 reports
Shoplifting87 reports
Other theft61 reports
Vehicle crime59 reports
Criminal damage and arson56 reports
Burglary53 reports
Public order40 reports

Also: drugs 31, other crime 23, bicycle theft 8, possession of weapons 7, robbery 6, theft from the person 5.

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 Royston?

District, borough or city council
North Hertfordshire
County council
Hertfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
North East Hertfordshire
Police force area
Hertfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Chris Hinchliff (Labour)

All 429 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 Royston

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Royston postcodes

429 postcodes in use in Royston, by district:

SG8 postcode district,429 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Royston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Royston's £356,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bassingbourn3.9 km, £390,000Melbourn4.4 km, £405,000Ashwell9.1 km, £340,000Buntingford11.7 km, £441,250Baldock13.4 km, £365,000Stotfold15.1 km, £425,000Sawston15.4 km, £385,000Great Shelford and Stapleford15.6 km, £650,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Royston

What is it like to live in Royston?
Homes sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 305 of the 412 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 429 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 5 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Royston, 400 metres 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 Royston?
Royston is covered by postcode district SG8, across 429 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Royston in?
Royston is in the North Hertfordshire council area, and Hertfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Royston?
Royston is in the North East Hertfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Chris Hinchliff (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Royston?
Homes in Royston sold for a typical £356,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 228 sales, down 4.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Royston?
In Royston, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School, Tannery Drift School and Icknield Walk First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include King James Academy Royston. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Royston have a railway station?
Yes: Royston is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Royston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Royston?
Ofcom reports on 412 of the 429 postcodes in Royston. At 305 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Royston at risk of flooding?
None of the 429 postcodes in Royston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Royston?
20 of the 429 postcodes now in use in Royston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 308 homes sold in Royston were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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