Sandy

Sandy is covered by postcode district SG19. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.

Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in Sandy, last 12 months. ▲ 11.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 189 of 235 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 21 of 254 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sandy, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sandy, by flood risk Of the 254 postcodes in Sandy that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at low risk at worst and 233 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Sandy. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 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One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Sandy. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1 Sandy
  • A home or business at high risk: 7
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 14
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 233

Of the 254 postcodes in Sandy that ONS places, 7 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at low risk at worst and 233 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 52.1331, longitude -0.2913. 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.

SG19 1ND37 at high riskSG19 2AG32 at high riskSG19 1DH22 at high riskSG19 1DL7 at high riskSG19 1NA4 at high riskSG19 1NL4 at high riskSG19 2AE2 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

SG19 2AA

What is it like to live in Sandy?

Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. At 189 of the 235 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 254 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandy, 1.2 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 Sandy?

Homes in Sandy sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 115 sales, up 11.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£295,000
12 months to August 2026
£330,000

▲ up 11.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£425,000 31 sales
Semi-detached£340,000 41 sales
Terraced£280,000 37 sales
Flat or maisonette£172,500 6 sales

Across the whole SG19 district, Sandy's main postcode district: a typical £345,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sandy: 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 Sandy?

12 of the 254 postcodes now in use in Sandy came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 169 homes sold in Sandy were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG19 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

SG19 9EAsince March 2026SG19 1FHsince October 2025SG19 1FFsince May 2025SG19 9DWsince December 2024SG19 9DUsince April 2024SG19 9DQsince July 2023

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 SandyAcross the SG19 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 115 (0%) 1 of 280 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 169 (0%) 10 of 414 (2%)

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 Sandy?

Ofcom reports on 235 of the 254 postcodes in Sandy. At 189 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit189 of 235
Postcodes where every home can get superfast223 of 235

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 Sandy at risk of flooding?

21 of the 254 postcodes in Sandy 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 108 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 21 of 254 postcodes High: 108Low: 197

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 Sandy?

The open schools at the postcodes in Sandy. 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 Sandy?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sandy is Sandy Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Sandy Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
  • Biggleswade Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • St Neots Rail Station Railway station 11.4 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 Sandy?

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

Police.uk records 849 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sandy 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. 67 September 2025
  2. 76 October 2025
  3. 62 November 2025
  4. 64 December 2025
  5. 72 January 2026
  6. 70 February 2026
  7. 55 March 2026
  8. 62 April 2026
  9. 71 May 2026
  10. 65 June 2026
  11. 88 July 2026
  12. 97 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences318 reports
Anti-social behaviour158 reports
Criminal damage and arson68 reports
Drugs66 reports
Public order52 reports
Other theft47 reports
Vehicle crime45 reports
Other crime33 reports

Also: shoplifting 24, burglary 13, possession of weapons 10, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 5, robbery 4.

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 Sandy?

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
North Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Richard Fuller (Conservative)

All 254 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 Sandy

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

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Sandy postcodes

254 postcodes in use in Sandy, by district:

SG19 postcode district,254 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Sandy

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sandy's £330,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Great Barford4.9 km, £397,500Potton5.1 km, £357,250Biggleswade5.6 km, £340,000Gamlingay7.1 km, £375,000Langford8.9 km, £380,000Shortstown9.8 km, £300,000St Neots10.3 km, £300,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire10.7 km, £430,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sandy

What is it like to live in Sandy?
Homes sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. At 189 of the 235 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 254 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sandy, 1.2 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 Sandy?
Sandy is covered by postcode district SG19, across 254 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sandy in?
Sandy is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sandy?
Sandy is in the North Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Fuller (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Sandy?
Homes in Sandy sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 115 sales, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sandy?
In Sandy, primary schools at its postcodes include Robert Peel Primary School, Laburnum Primary School and St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sandy Secondary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sandy have a railway station?
Yes: Sandy is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Sandy, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sandy?
Ofcom reports on 235 of the 254 postcodes in Sandy. At 189 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sandy at risk of flooding?
21 of the 254 postcodes in Sandy 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 108 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 Sandy?
12 of the 254 postcodes now in use in Sandy came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 169 homes sold in Sandy were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG19 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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