2,492
Households
White Brit. · 77%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
49 · 6.1 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£488,000
Median property price
127
Postcodes
Overview of Hitchin Oughton
Coordinates51.9570, -0.2901
Postcodes
127
Population (Census)
8,038
Households (Census)
2,492
Recorded crime · May '26
49 · 6.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Hitchin Oughton
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.34 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.34 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Hitchin Oughton
Property sales · Hitchin Oughton
HM Land Registry · Hitchin Oughton
Average price
£473,517
YoY: +2.1%
Median price: £452,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 3 sales · avg £478,333
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£701k£420k£138k
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Hitchin Oughton
Crime trends · Hitchin Oughton
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
26165
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
26
YoY +225%
ASB
19113
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
19
YoY +90%
Vehicle Crime
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Burglary
210
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY stable
Demographics in Hitchin Oughton
Ethnicity
White Brit.76.5%
Other White5.2%
White & Black Caribbean3.0%
Caribbean2.1%
Indian1.8%
+ 6 other groups · 11.4%
Religion
No religion47.5%
Christian40.6%
Not answered6.1%
Muslim2.6%
Sikh1.3%
+ other · 1.9%
Age groups
75–8472.8%
35–496.1%
25–344.9%
85 years and over4.6%
16–193.7%
+ 3 other age groups · 7.9%
Households
Other18.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.4%
Any member 66+13.0%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.1%
+ 7 other households · 35.0%
Schools in Hitchin Oughton
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School
Hertfordshire · SG5 2JQ
Outstanding
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Oughton Primary and Nursery School
Hertfordshire · SG5 2NZ
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Hitchin Oughton
Postcodes in Hitchin Oughton
SG5 2BZSG5 2DTSG5 2EASG5 2EQSG5 2ERSG5 2ETSG5 2EWSG5 2EXSG5 2JESG5 2JFSG5 2JGSG5 2JHSG5 2JJSG5 2JLSG5 2JQSG5 2JZSG5 2LASG5 2LBSG5 2LDSG5 2LESG5 2LGSG5 2LJSG5 2LLSG5 2LPSG5 2LQSG5 2LRSG5 2LSSG5 2LTSG5 2LUSG5 2LWSG5 2LXSG5 2NASG5 2NBSG5 2NDSG5 2NESG5 2NFSG5 2NGSG5 2NHSG5 2NJSG5 2NLSG5 2NNSG5 2NPSG5 2NQSG5 2NRSG5 2NSSG5 2NTSG5 2NUSG5 2NWSG5 2NXSG5 2NYSG5 2NZSG5 2PASG5 2PBSG5 2PDSG5 2PESG5 2PFSG5 2PGSG5 2PHSG5 2PPSG5 2PRSG5 2PSSG5 2PTSG5 2PZSG5 2QESG5 2QHSG5 2QNSG5 2QPSG5 2QRSG5 2QSSG5 2QTSG5 2QUSG5 2QWSG5 2QXSG5 2QYSG5 2QZSG5 2RASG5 2RBSG5 2RDSG5 2RGSG5 2RLSG5 2RRSG5 2SASG5 2SBSG5 2SDSG5 2SESG5 2SFSG5 2SGSG5 2SHSG5 2SJSG5 2SLSG5 2SNSG5 2SPSG5 2SQSG5 2SRSG5 2SXSG5 2SYSG5 2SZSG5 2TASG5 2TBSG5 2TDSG5 2TESG5 2TFSG5 2TGSG5 2THSG5 2TJSG5 2TPSG5 2TQSG5 2TTSG5 2TUSG5 2TXSG5 2TZSG5 2UBSG5 2UESG5 2UHSG5 2UJSG5 2ULSG5 2UNSG5 2UQSG5 2UTSG5 2UU