SG9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Buntingford and Newtown, in East Hertfordshire and 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 SG9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in SG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SG9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SG9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SG9 at a rate of 65.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.9 per 1,000 people across the SG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SG9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (304), anti-social behaviour (238) and other crime (87).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SG9 was 60.0 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 SG9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SG9 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SG9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hertfordshire 001A | 1,387 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.2% |
| East Hertfordshire 001C | 1,633 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| East Hertfordshire 001D | 2,140 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| East Hertfordshire 001E | 1,752 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.6% |
| East Hertfordshire 001F | 1,291 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| East Hertfordshire 001G | 1,116 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| East Hertfordshire 019A | 1,631 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 35.8% |
MPs for SG9
- Chris HinchliffLabourMP for North East Hertfordshire99% of SG9’s postcodes
- Josh DeanLabourMP for Hertford and Stortford0.8% of SG9’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 SG91
Postcode sectors in SG92
Councils SG9 covers2
Towns in SG91
Postcode districts next to SG96
More in the SG postcode area2
SG9 in brief
SG9 is a postcode district covering Buntingford and Newtown, in East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire.
About 12,856 people lived in SG9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £465,500 in 2025 across 172 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SG9 was £465,500 in 2025.
SG9 had 12,389 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in SG9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SG9, 77.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.