Shefford

Shefford is covered by postcode district SG17. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.

Typical price £371,500 Homes sold in Shefford, last 12 months. ▲ 6.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 139 of 163 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 173 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shefford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shefford, by flood risk Of the 173 postcodes in Shefford that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shefford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A507A600 SG17 5AA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AH: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AJ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AL: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AN: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AP: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AR: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AY: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AZ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BP: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BQ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BW: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BY: not on the flood risk listSG17 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DH: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DN: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5DZ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5EA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5EB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ED: not on the flood risk listSG17 5EE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5EF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FJ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FL: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FN: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FP: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5FX: 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listSG17 5JZ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5LA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5LB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5LD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5LE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5LG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5NP: not on the flood risk listSG17 5NR: not on the flood risk listSG17 5QA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5QD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5QS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RW: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RY: not on the flood risk listSG17 5RZ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SL: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SW: not on the flood risk listSG17 5SX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5TA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5TB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5TF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5TU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5TX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UH: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UJ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UN: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UP: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UR: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5UX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5WB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5XA: not on the flood risk listSG17 5XB: not on the flood risk listSG17 5XJ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YL: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YN: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YQ: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YR: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YU: not on the flood risk listSG17 5YX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZD: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZE: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZF: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZG: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZL: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZS: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZT: not on the flood risk listSG17 5ZX: not on the flood risk listSG17 5AD: low flood risk at worstSG17 5BB: low flood risk at worstSG17 5BX: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DF: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DJ: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DP: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DQ: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DR: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DS: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DW: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DY: low flood risk at worstSG17 5JS: low flood risk at worstSG17 5DA: medium flood risk at worstSG17 5PU: medium flood risk at worstSG17 5BH: high flood riskSG17 5DB: high flood riskSG17 5FQ: high flood risk Shefford Map of every postcode in Shefford, by flood risk Of the 173 postcodes in Shefford that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 156 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shefford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A507A600 Shefford
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 156

Of the 173 postcodes in Shefford that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 156 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 52.0370, longitude -0.3325. 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.

SG17 5FQ5 at high riskSG17 5BH1 at high riskSG17 5DB1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Shefford?

Homes sold for a typical £371,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 139 of the 163 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 173 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 4.7 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 Shefford?

Homes in Shefford sold for a typical £371,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 114 sales, up 6.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£371,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£348,000
12 months to August 2026
£371,500

▲ up 6.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£522,500 44 sales
Semi-detached£370,000 19 sales
Terraced£316,500 29 sales
Flat or maisonette£184,750 22 sales

Across the whole SG17 district, Shefford's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shefford: 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 Shefford?

14 of the 173 postcodes now in use in Shefford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 157 homes sold in Shefford were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG17 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

SG17 9AZsince May 2026SG17 5WBsince February 2026SG17 5YLsince June 2025SG17 5TRsince February 2025SG17 5SXsince January 2023SG17 5TFsince December 2022

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 SheffordAcross the SG17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 114 (2%) 2 of 198 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 10 of 157 (6%) 24 of 281 (9%)

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 Shefford?

Ofcom reports on 163 of the 173 postcodes in Shefford. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit139 of 163
Postcodes where every home can get superfast157 of 163

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.

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

Is Shefford at risk of flooding?

17 of the 173 postcodes in Shefford 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 11 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 173 postcodes High: 7Medium: 4Low: 34Very low: 3

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 Shefford?

The open schools at the postcodes in Shefford. 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

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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 Shefford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shefford is Arlesey Rail Station, 4.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Biggleswade Rail Station Railway station 7.2 kmDrive
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station Railway station 9.5 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 Shefford?

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

Police.uk records 602 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shefford 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. 42 September 2025
  2. 54 October 2025
  3. 55 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 50 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 46 March 2026
  8. 103 April 2026
  9. 43 May 2026
  10. 39 June 2026
  11. 51 July 2026
  12. 45 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences175 reports
Shoplifting121 reports
Anti-social behaviour94 reports
Vehicle crime51 reports
Criminal damage and arson39 reports
Other theft34 reports
Public order33 reports
Drugs19 reports

Also: other crime 15, burglary 7, possession of weapons 6, robbery 4, bicycle theft 3, theft from the person 1.

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 Shefford?

Council
Central Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituencies
Hitchin (172) and North Bedfordshire (1)
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Shefford

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Shefford postcodes

173 postcodes in use in Shefford, by district:

SG17 postcode district,173 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Shefford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shefford's £371,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chicksands2.0 km, £352,500Clifton, Central Bedfordshire2.0 km, £430,000Henlow3.2 km, £390,000Lower Stondon4.0 km, £350,000Langford4.6 km, £380,000Arlesey5.4 km, £338,000Clophill6.0 km, £565,000Silsoe7.2 km, £405,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Shefford

What is it like to live in Shefford?
Homes sold for a typical £371,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.8% on the 12 months before. At 139 of the 163 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 173 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 4.7 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 Shefford?
Shefford is covered by postcode district SG17, across 173 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shefford in?
Shefford is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shefford?
Homes in Shefford sold for a typical £371,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 114 sales, up 6.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shefford?
In Shefford, primary schools at its postcodes include Shefford Lower School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Robert Bloomfield Academy and Samuel Whitbread Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shefford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shefford is Arlesey, 4.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shefford?
Ofcom reports on 163 of the 173 postcodes in Shefford. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shefford at risk of flooding?
17 of the 173 postcodes in Shefford 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 11 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 Shefford?
14 of the 173 postcodes now in use in Shefford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 157 homes sold in Shefford were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG17 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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