Stevenage
Stevenage is covered by postcode districts SG1, SG2, SG4 and SG5. It is mostly in the Stevenage council area: 1,894 of its 1,965 postcodes. The others are in North Hertfordshire and East Hertfordshire.
Every postcode in Stevenage, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 71
- In use before 2020: 1,894
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,965 postcodes in Stevenage that ONS places, 71 are new since 2020 and 1,894 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.9062, longitude -0.1869. 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
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Stevenage?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,534 of the 1,865 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 1,965 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stevenage, 1.5 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 Stevenage?
Homes in Stevenage sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 823 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £560,000 103 sales
- Semi-detached £405,000 144 sales
- Terraced £340,000 445 sales
- Flat or maisonette £207,500 131 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SG1 district, Stevenage's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stevenage: 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 Stevenage?
71 of the 1,965 postcodes now in use in Stevenage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 1,086 homes sold in Stevenage were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG1 district, 9%.
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 Stevenage | Across the SG1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 823 (Under 1%) | 4 of 460 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 1,086 (Under 1%) | 62 of 662 (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 Stevenage?
Ofcom reports on 1,865 of the 1,965 postcodes in Stevenage. At 1,534 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Stevenage at risk of flooding?
46 of the 1,965 postcodes in Stevenage 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 49 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 Stevenage?
The open schools at the postcodes in Stevenage (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Bedwell Primary School300 m 295 pupils, 360 places
- Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School300 m 433 pupils, 446 places
- Larwood School550 m 151 pupils, 163 places
- Broom Barns Primary School750 m 222 pupils, 240 places
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery850 m 226 pupils, 240 places
- St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery900 m 186 pupils, 240 places
- Lonsdale School1.0 km 128 pupils, 132 places
- Fairlands Primary School1.2 km 655 pupils, 720 places
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 Stevenage?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stevenage is Stevenage Rail Station, 1.5 km away in a straight line.
- Stevenage Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Knebworth Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
- Watton-at-Stone Rail Station Railway station 7.2 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 Stevenage?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Stevenage, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bedwell Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 01438 311130 350 mWalk
- King George & Manor House Surgeries Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01438 361111 1.3 kmCycle
- Stanmore Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2024 · Phone 01438 313223 1.4 kmCycle
- Shephall Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01438 312097 2.2 kmCycle
- The Symonds Green Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01438 364488 2.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Stevenage safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,466 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stevenage 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
- 456 September 2025
- 488 October 2025
- 383 November 2025
- 404 December 2025
- 438 January 2026
- 399 February 2026
- 481 March 2026
- 437 April 2026
- 455 May 2026
- 449 June 2026
- 551 July 2026
- 525 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 114, burglary 103, bicycle theft 95, robbery 79, possession of weapons 60, theft from the person 43.
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 Stevenage?
- Councils
- Stevenage (1,894), North Hertfordshire (67) and East Hertfordshire (4)
- County council
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Stevenage (1,898) and Hitchin (67)
- Police force area
- Hertfordshire
- 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 Stevenage
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Stevenage is in Stevenage; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Stevenage about council tax Council tax, on stevenage.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Stevenage
- 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
Stevenage postcodes
1,965 postcodes in use in Stevenage, by district:
Those districts are all in the SG 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 Stevenage
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stevenage's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Stevenage
- What is it like to live in Stevenage?
- Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,534 of the 1,865 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 1,965 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stevenage, 1.5 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 Stevenage?
- Stevenage is covered by postcode districts SG1, SG2, SG4 and SG5, across 1,965 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Stevenage?
- Homes in Stevenage sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 823 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Stevenage?
- In Stevenage, primary schools at its postcodes include Bedwell Primary School, Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School and Larwood School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lonsdale School, Marriotts School and Barclay Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Stevenage have a railway station?
- Yes: Stevenage is 1.5 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Stevenage, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Stevenage?
- Ofcom reports on 1,865 of the 1,965 postcodes in Stevenage. At 1,534 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Stevenage at risk of flooding?
- 46 of the 1,965 postcodes in Stevenage 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 49 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 Stevenage?
- 71 of the 1,965 postcodes now in use in Stevenage came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 1,086 homes sold in Stevenage were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG1 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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