Sleaford
Sleaford is covered by postcode district NG34. It is in the North Kesteven council area, Lincolnshire.
Every postcode in Sleaford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 19
- In use before 2020: 492
Of the 511 postcodes in Sleaford that ONS places, 19 are new since 2020 and 492 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 52.9985, longitude -0.4124. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 Sleaford?
Homes sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 395 of the 468 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 32 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 65 of its 511 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sleaford, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Sleaford?
Homes in Sleaford sold for a typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 246 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £215,000 from 321 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £276,000 99 sales
- Semi-detached £184,500 90 sales
- Terraced £150,000 49 sales
- Flat or maisonette £98,975 8 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NG34 district, Sleaford's main postcode district: a typical £220,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sleaford: 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 Sleaford?
19 of the 511 postcodes now in use in Sleaford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 321 homes sold in Sleaford were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 16%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Sleaford | Across the NG34 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 246 (Under 1%) | 26 of 579 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 29 of 321 (9%) | 120 of 773 (16%) |
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 Sleaford?
Ofcom reports on 468 of the 511 postcodes in Sleaford. At 395 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sleaford at risk of flooding?
65 of the 511 postcodes in Sleaford 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 32 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Sleaford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sleaford. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Sleaford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sleaford is Sleaford Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Sleaford Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Rauceby Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Ruskington Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Sleaford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sleaford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Sleaford Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01529 303301 400 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sleaford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,715 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sleaford 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
- 124 September 2025
- 153 October 2025
- 134 November 2025
- 130 December 2025
- 136 January 2026
- 129 February 2026
- 136 March 2026
- 173 April 2026
- 134 May 2026
- 130 June 2026
- 172 July 2026
- 164 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 35, vehicle crime 17, possession of weapons 17, robbery 13, bicycle theft 11, 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 postcodeSource: 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 Sleaford?
- District, borough or city council
- North Kesteven
- County council
- Lincolnshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Police force area
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
All 511 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Sleaford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell North Kesteven about council tax Council tax, on n-kesteven.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Sleaford
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Sleaford postcodes
511 postcodes in use in Sleaford, by district:
That district is in the NG postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Sleaford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sleaford's £198,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Sleaford
- What is the postcode for Sleaford?
- Postcode district NG34, with 511 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Sleaford in?
- North Kesteven, with Lincolnshire as its county council. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Sleaford?
- Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative), for Sleaford and North Hykeham. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Sleaford?
- A typical £198,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 246 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Sleaford?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Church Lane Primary School & Nursery, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy and William Alvey School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St George's Academy, Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy and Carre's Grammar School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Sleaford have a railway station?
- Yes: Sleaford station, 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Sleaford?
- Ofcom reports on 468 of the 511 postcodes in Sleaford. At 395 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Sleaford at risk of flooding?
- 65 of the 511 postcodes in Sleaford 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 32 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Sleaford?
- 19 of the 511 postcodes now in use in Sleaford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 321 homes sold in Sleaford were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NG34 district, 16%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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