SG5 house prices are built from 20,051 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 19 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £240,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +24.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -11.0%.
Median price paid
£240,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+24.3%
Change in real terms
-11.0%
Median per m²
£3,041
HM Land Registry20,051 sales2,548 with floor areaLatest sale 19 Jun 2026
Section 01
How SG5 prices moved
The chart tracks the median SG5 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £72,725 | £161,484 |
| 2000s | 10 | £190,000 | £346,124 |
| 2010s | 10 | £270,000 | £380,700 |
| 2020s | 7 | £430,000 | £439,348 |
The highest yearly median on record for SG5 is £463,000 in 2025; the lowest is £64,552 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £64,552 to £435,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £143,336, so the real change over the whole record is +203.5% — about +3.65% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +24.3% in cash against -11.0% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Balmoral Road | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £567,000 | £567,000 |
| 4 the Coppens | 19 Jun 2026 | Detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 10 Alfred Row | 18 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £438,000 | £438,000 |
| 75 Upton End Road | 15 Jun 2026 | Detached | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| 41 Tansy Avenue | 15 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 54 Aspen Gardens | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £443,000 | £443,000 |
| 42 Silver Birch Avenue | 15 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £343,000 | £343,000 |
| 16 Seymour Court | 11 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £97,500 | £97,500 |
| 74 Kings Hedges | 10 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 5 Wycklond Close | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £193,000 | £193,000 |
| 57 Bearton Green | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £919,825 | £919,825 |
| 14 Marigold Way | 4 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 132 Bearton Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £941,000 | £941,000 |
| 25 the Ridgeway | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £925,000 | £925,000 |
| 6 Meadow Way | 3 Jun 2026 | Detached | £760,000 | £760,000 |
| 10 Lancaster Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £583,500 | £583,500 |
| FLAT 15 ST ANNES COURT St Annes Road | 3 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 46 Bronte Avenue | 1 Jun 2026 | Detached | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| 2A Crow Furlong | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £867,000 | £867,000 |
| 25 Highbush Road | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £368,000 | £368,000 |
| 48 Binyon Gardens | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 14 Baldock Road | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £442,500 | £442,500 |
| 10 Walnut Way | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 42 Brook Street | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £575,101 | £575,101 |
| 36 Meadowsweet Way | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £405,000 | £405,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to SG5 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Balmoral Road | £48,000 (1999) | £567,000 (2026) | +9.6% | +6.7% |
| 4 the Coppens | £340,000 (2019) | £490,000 (2026) | +5.4% | +1.4% |
| 10 Alfred Row | £423,000 (2021) | £438,000 (2026) | +0.7% | -3.9% |
| 42 Silver Birch Avenue | £160,000 (2012) | £343,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.6% |
| 75 Upton End Road | £575,000 (2007) | £725,000 (2026) | +1.2% | -1.7% |
| 41 Tansy Avenue | £244,950 (2012) | £455,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
| 54 Aspen Gardens | £299,950 (2014) | £443,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.2% |
| 16 Seymour Court | £93,000 (2007) | £97,500 (2026) | +0.2% | -2.6% |
| 74 Kings Hedges | £60,000 (1995) | £475,000 (2026) | +6.9% | +4.2% |
| 5 Wycklond Close | £49,995 (1998) | £193,000 (2026) | +4.9% | +2.2% |
| 14 Marigold Way | £159,950 (2011) | £320,000 (2026) | +4.7% | +1.8% |
| 57 Bearton Green | £650,000 (2019) | £919,825 (2026) | +5.1% | +1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. SG5 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 5,561 | 27.7% | £249,999 | £10,000 – £1,300,000 |
| Terraced | 5,285 | 26.4% | £217,995 | £10,800 – £1,925,000 |
| Detached | 4,879 | 24.3% | £385,000 | £10,000 – £2,132,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | 4,326 | 21.6% | £174,450 | £14,000 – £1,025,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in SG5
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 4,763 certificates cover SG5, and their median floor area is 78 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +2.6%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 78 m² | about 840 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 60 m² | about 646 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 104 m² | about 1,119 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 24.2% | 1,153 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 8.5% | 407 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in SG5
4,429 of the sales on record are leasehold and 15,622 freehold — 22.1% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £172,000 and the median freehold sale £270,000 — a gap of +57.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 4,429 | 22.1% | £172,000 |
| Freehold | 15,622 | 77.9% | £270,000 |
| New build | 3,341 | 16.7% | £279,950 |
| Existing home | 16,710 | 83.3% | £230,000 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +21.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 717 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in SG5
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Central Bedfordshire, 54.5% of 139,601 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 2.9% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1,405 | 1.0% |
| B | 28,531 | 20.4% |
| C | 46,180 | 33.1% |
| D | 45,015 | 32.2% |
| E | 14,404 | 10.3% |
| F | 3,286 | 2.4% |
| G | 780 | 0.6% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Central Bedfordshire at £1,250 a month as of Jun 2026 — £864 for a one-bedroom home and £1,374 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £240,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 6.25% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of SG5, 42 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 13 violent, 2 burglary, 0 vehicle-related and 15 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 4.0 times quieter.
Against the 294,252 residents the 2021 census counted in Central Bedfordshire, that is 0.14 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around SG5
The 2021 census counted 294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire across 120,754 households. 72.9% of those households own their home and 27.0% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
16 state and independent schools have a SG5 postcode: 12 primary, 2 secondary, 1 nursery, 1 middle deemed secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchin Boys' School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,364 |
| The Priory School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,221 |
| Pix Brook Academy | Middle deemed secondary | Free schools | 1,011 |
| Fairfield Park Lower School | Primary | Community school | 479 |
| Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | Community school | 416 |
| Roecroft Lower School | Primary | Community school | 359 |
| St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold | Primary | Academy converter | 297 |
| Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 234 |
| Ickleford Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 213 |
| Strathmore Infant and Nursery School | Primary | Community school | 198 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hitchin Rail Station | Rail | 2.4 km |
| Letchworth Garden City Rail Station | Rail | 3.6 km |
| Arlesey Rail Station | Rail | 6.0 km |
| Baldock Rail Station | Rail | 6.8 km |
Section 09
How SG5 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. SG5 sits above that national figure — +52.4%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,041 per square metre, across 2,548 of the 20,051 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £10,000 to £2,132,500. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
SG5 sits in Central Bedfordshire, in the East of England.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Central Bedfordshire at 9.7 times median local earnings of £37,704 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside SG5
The closest districts
- SG64.1 km · £183,000
- SG46.1 km · £229,000
- SG18.8 km · £169,995
- SG211.6 km · £165,000
- LU211.8 km · £145,000
- SG1812.3 km · £194,000
- LU313.1 km · £137,750
- MK4514.1 km · £218,750
This district mostly covers Hitchin.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in SG5?
The median price paid in SG5 across every sale on the register is £240,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in SG5?
20,051 sales are on record for SG5, the most recent completing on 19 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have SG5 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +24.3% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -11.0%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were SG5 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £463,000, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in SG5?
£3,041 per square metre, from the 2,548 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 19 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “SG5 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.