SG7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Baldock, Ashwell and Clothall Common, in North Hertfordshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SG7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in SG7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SG7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG7 at a rate of 71.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across the SG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (370), anti-social behaviour (197) and other crime (168).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG7 was 78.3 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SG7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG7 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SG7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hertfordshire 004A | 1,039 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| North Hertfordshire 004B | 1,411 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% |
| North Hertfordshire 004C | 1,695 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 004D | 1,801 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| North Hertfordshire 004E | 1,547 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 004F | 1,635 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| North Hertfordshire 004G | 1,489 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| North Hertfordshire 016A | 1,161 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.6% |
| North Hertfordshire 016B | 1,667 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
MPs for SG7
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire98% of SG7’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire1.8% of SG7’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire0.2% of SG7’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SG72
Postcode sectors in SG72
Council1
Towns in SG71
Postcode districts next to SG78
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SG postcode area2
SG7 in brief
SG7 is a postcode district covering Baldock, Ashwell and Clothall Common, in North Hertfordshire.
About 13,890 people lived in SG7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,000 in 2025 across 219 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG7 was £360,000 in 2025.
SG7 had 13,734 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in SG7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SG7, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.