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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/sg

House prices in the SG postcode area, Stevenage

Homes in the SG postcode area sold for a median of £395,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 11,702 standard sales.

That is 13% above the £349,000 median for the East of England, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£395,00011,702 standard sales
Middle half of prices£307,000 to £540,000
Change since 2016+32%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was SG4 (Hitchin), at £490,000, and the cheapest was SG15 (Arlesey), at £330,000.

The next dearest were SG11 (Ware) and SG3 (Knebworth), and the next cheapest SG19 (Sandy) and SG1 (Stevenage).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the SG area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the SG area, by number of sales: Stevenage (SG1, SG2), Hitchin (SG4, SG5), Hertford (SG13, SG14), Ware (SG11, SG12), Royston (SG8), Biggleswade (SG18), Letchworth Garden City (SG6), Sandy (SG19), Shefford (SG17), Baldock (SG7), Buntingford (SG9), Knebworth (SG3), and 3 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. SG4Hitchin, 959 sales£490,000£5,663+1%
  2. SG11Ware, 198 sales£475,000Too fewToo few
  3. SG3Knebworth, 258 sales£470,000Too few+4%
  4. SG9Buntingford, 299 sales£451,500Too few+3%
  5. SG14Hertford, 604 sales£450,000Too few0%
  6. SG13Hertford, 517 sales£448,000£5,293−8%
  7. SG5Hitchin, 1,090 sales£447,000£4,419+7%
  8. SG12Ware, 900 sales£434,000£5,141+7%
  9. SG8Royston, 1,093 sales£412,500£4,3990%
  10. SG6Letchworth Garden City, 728 sales£390,000£4,887+4%
  11. SG17Shefford, 479 sales£390,000£4,411−2%
  12. SG7Baldock, 352 sales£374,000Too few−5%
  13. SG16Henlow, 221 sales£360,000Too few−5%
  14. SG18Biggleswade, 1,003 sales£360,000£4,412−9%
  15. SG2Stevenage, 969 sales£350,000£4,444+5%
  16. SG1Stevenage, 1,122 sales£349,500£4,105+4%
  17. SG19Sandy, 694 sales£340,000Too few+5%
  18. SG15Arlesey, 181 sales£330,000Too fewToo few

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: SG10 £713k (35 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in SG12 (Ware) and SG5 (Hitchin), up 7%, and fell most in SG18 (Biggleswade), down 9%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Ansell Grange, Ickleford (SG5, detached houses, £955,000), Chapman Way, Hitchin (SG4, £845,000) and Tamworth Road, Hertford (SG13, £757,500).

The cheapest were Kings Road, Stevenage (SG1, flats, £86,500), Giles Crescent, Stevenage (SG1, flats, £98,000) and High Street, Baldock (SG7, flats, £121,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include AL (St Albans), CM (Chelmsford), EN (Enfield), MK (Milton Keynes) and CB (Cambridge).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the SG area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,817£620,000£501,000 to £800,000£4,970/m²from 102 sales
Semi-detached3,032£435,000£365,000 to £530,000£4,680/m²from 110 sales
Terraced3,792£350,000£307,000 to £415,000£4,437/m²from 121 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,061£230,000£180,000 to £280,000£4,263/m²from 60 sales

Terraced houses were the most common type sold in the SG area, at 32% of sales, ahead of semi-detached houses at 26%.

Measured by floor area, homes in the SG area sold for a median of £4,676 per m², 20% above the £3,900 across the East of England as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 32%, from £300,000 in 2016 to £395,000 in 2025, less than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the SG postcode area

Within SG, the median ran from £344,000 in Stevenage to £450,000 in East Hertfordshire, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the SG area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in SGMedian in SGWhole council area
North Hertfordshire3,668£425,000£425,000
Central Bedfordshire2,905£365,000£367,500
East Hertfordshire2,684£450,000£450,000
Stevenage1,790£344,000£344,000
South Cambridgeshire556£441,500£432,000
Welwyn Hatfield57£415,000£435,000
Huntingdonshire31£550,000£321,000
2 other council areas10Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The SG figures come from 11,702 standard sales in 19 postcode districts across 9 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was SG1 (Stevenage), with 1,122 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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