Stotfold

Stotfold is covered by postcode districts SG5 and SG6. It is mostly in the Central Bedfordshire council area: 244 of its 245 postcodes. The other is in North Hertfordshire. 1 of its 245 postcodes is in Hertfordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 244.

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Stotfold, last 12 months. ▲ 1.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 212 of 245 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 245 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 64 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Stotfold, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Stotfold, by flood risk Of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 229 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Stotfold. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SG5 4AB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4AW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4BZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4DZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4ED: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4ER: not on the flood risk listSG5 4ES: not on the flood risk listSG5 4ET: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4EZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4FY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4GZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4JY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4LZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4ND: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4NZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4PZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4QZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RT: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4RZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SU: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SW: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SX: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SY: not on the flood risk listSG5 4SZ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TA: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TB: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TD: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TE: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TF: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TG: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TH: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TJ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TL: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TN: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TP: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TQ: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TS: not on the flood risk listSG5 4TT: not on the flood risk listSG6 4JR: not on the flood risk listSG5 4HD: low flood risk at worstSG5 4HL: low flood risk at worstSG5 4JU: low flood risk at worstSG5 4JZ: low flood risk at worstSG5 4QA: low flood risk at worstSG5 4QB: low flood risk at worstSG5 4ST: low flood risk at worstSG5 4HP: medium flood risk at worstSG5 4JD: medium flood risk at worstSG5 4JF: medium flood risk at worstSG5 4PS: medium flood risk at worstSG5 4JP: high flood riskSG5 4JT: high flood riskSG5 4JX: high flood riskSG5 4LA: high flood riskSG5 4NU: high flood risk Stotfold 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SG5 4JP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Stotfold, by flood risk Of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 229 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Stotfold. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Stotfold
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 229
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 229 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. 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 52.0129, longitude -0.2330. 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.

SG5 4JP5 at high riskSG5 4JX4 at high riskSG5 4NU3 at high riskSG5 4JT2 at high riskSG5 4LA1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG5 4JP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Stotfold?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 212 of the 245 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 64 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 245 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 2.7 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 Stotfold?

Homes in Stotfold sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 152 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£417,500
12 months to August 2026
£425,000

▲ up 1.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£540,000 45 sales
Semi-detached£422,500 56 sales
Terraced£362,000 29 sales
Flat or maisonette£271,500 22 sales

Across the whole SG5 district, Stotfold's main postcode district: a typical £440,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stotfold: 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 Stotfold?

24 of the 245 postcodes now in use in Stotfold came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 225 homes sold in Stotfold were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG5 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

SG5 4SJsince July 2023SG5 4SYsince April 2023SG5 4TRsince February 2023SG5 4TPsince December 2022SG5 4TAsince October 2022SG5 4TQsince October 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 StotfoldAcross the SG5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 152 (Under 1%) 12 of 413 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 20 of 225 (9%) 105 of 677 (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 Stotfold?

Ofcom reports on 245 of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold. At 212 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit212 of 245
Postcodes where every home can get superfast232 of 245

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 Stotfold at risk of flooding?

16 of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold 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 64 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 16 of 245 postcodes High: 15Medium: 49Low: 76

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 Stotfold?

The open schools at the postcodes in Stotfold. 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 Stotfold?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stotfold is Arlesey Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Arlesey Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Letchworth Garden City Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Baldock Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle

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 Stotfold?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Stotfold. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

  • Larksfield and Arlesey Medical Practice500 mPhone 01462 732200
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 Stotfold safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 541 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stotfold 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. 29 September 2025
  2. 48 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 36 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 46 February 2026
  7. 42 March 2026
  8. 58 April 2026
  9. 58 May 2026
  10. 50 June 2026
  11. 62 July 2026
  12. 45 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences218 reports
Anti-social behaviour131 reports
Public order38 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Other theft30 reports
Vehicle crime24 reports
Drugs21 reports
Other crime16 reports

Also: burglary 9, shoplifting 6, bicycle theft 6, possession of weapons 4, robbery 3.

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 Stotfold?

Councils
Central Bedfordshire (244) and North Hertfordshire (1)
Parliamentary constituencies
Hitchin (244) and North East Hertfordshire (1)
Police force areas
Bedfordshire (244) and Hertfordshire (1)
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 Stotfold

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

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

Stotfold postcodes

245 postcodes in use in Stotfold, by district:

SG5 postcode district,244 postcodesSG6 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the SG postcode area.

Check a Stotfold postcode

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 Stotfold

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stotfold's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Arlesey2.1 km, £338,000Letchworth3.8 km, £400,000Henlow4.2 km, £390,000Baldock4.3 km, £365,000Lower Stondon5.1 km, £350,000Langford5.2 km, £380,000Clifton, Central Bedfordshire5.5 km, £430,000Ickleford5.7 km, £372,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Stotfold

What is it like to live in Stotfold?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 212 of the 245 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 64 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 245 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Arlesey, 2.7 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 Stotfold?
Stotfold is covered by postcode districts SG5 and SG6, across 245 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Stotfold?
Homes in Stotfold sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 152 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Stotfold?
In Stotfold, primary schools at its postcodes include Roecroft Lower School, St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold and Fairfield Park Lower School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Pix Brook Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Stotfold have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stotfold is Arlesey, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Stotfold?
Ofcom reports on 245 of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold. At 212 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Stotfold at risk of flooding?
16 of the 245 postcodes in Stotfold 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 64 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 Stotfold?
24 of the 245 postcodes now in use in Stotfold came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 225 homes sold in Stotfold were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG5 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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