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Oughton Head Way, Hitchin

MyStreetCheck free street report: Oughton Head Way, Hitchin · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/hitchin-hertfordshire/oughton-head-way/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SG5 2LA, SG5 2JZ, SG5 2LD.

Average price (last 12 months)
£495,667
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£481,220
25 sales
Price range
£338k – £750k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
11 Mar 2026
SG5 2LA

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At a glance

House prices£496k average3% below the Hitchin average CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 9 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station19 min walkHitchin station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll freeholdAcross 29 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

25 property sales on Oughton Head Way, Hitchin have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £495,667. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £500,538. Average sale prices rose from £445,333 in 2016 to £443,500 in 2026 (+0%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 3% below the Hitchin average of £512,005 over the same period. 9 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 9 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 52% semi-detached, 48% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Oughton Head Way range from £338,000 to £750,000. Every home sold here was sold freehold. Of 124 streets in Hitchin with at least two sales in the last year, Oughton Head Way ranks 60th for average price.

House prices on Oughton Head Way compared

Oughton Head Way£495,667
SG5 postcode area£474,840
Hitchin£512,005
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all SG5 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £445,333 (3 sales)2016£445k2017: £425,000 (1 sales)2017£425k2018: £442,500 (2 sales)2018£443k2019: £445,125 (4 sales)2019£445k2020: £412,250 (2 sales)2020£412k2021: £487,500 (2 sales)2021£488k2022: £476,875 (4 sales)2022£477k2023: £510,000 (2 sales)2023£510k2025: £663,333 (3 sales)2025£663k2026: £443,500 (2 sales)2026£444k

Tenure: 100% freehold and 0% leasehold across 29 recorded sales.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached13£500,53811 Mar 2026
Terraced12£460,29230 Jan 2026

Sold prices on Oughton Head Way

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
27, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 11 Mar 2026£427,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 30 Jan 2026£460,000 TerracedFreehold
29, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 14 Nov 2025£600,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
30, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 3 Oct 2025£750,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Taylors Cottages, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LD 1 Aug 2025£640,000 TerracedFreehold
3, Oughton Head Way SG5 2JZ 14 Jul 2023£575,000 TerracedFreehold
16, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 30 Jan 2023£445,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 19 Dec 2022£702,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Oughton Head Way SG5 2JZ 19 Oct 2022£390,000 TerracedFreehold
10, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 1 Aug 2022£365,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 29 Apr 2022£450,000 TerracedFreehold
29, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 27 Apr 2021£425,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
3, Oughton Head Way SG5 2JZ 2 Feb 2021£550,000 TerracedFreehold
12, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 4 Sep 2020£445,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
21, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 16 Jun 2020£379,500 TerracedFreehold
3, Oughton Head Way SG5 2JZ 8 Nov 2019£525,000 TerracedFreehold
23, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 29 Oct 2019£455,000 TerracedFreehold
30, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 25 Oct 2019£462,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
15, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 30 Sep 2019£370,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
15, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 28 Jun 2019£360,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
1, Oughton Head Way SG5 2JZ 5 Jun 2019£338,000 TerracedFreehold
11, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 26 Sep 2018£500,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
19, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 18 Sep 2018£385,000 TerracedFreehold
12, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 6 Apr 2018£345,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
26, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 28 Apr 2017£425,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
32, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 2 Dec 2016£565,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 17 Jun 2016£395,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
23, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 22 Mar 2016£376,000 TerracedFreehold
11, Oughton Head Way SG5 2LA 25 Jan 2016£285,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
13, Oughton Head Way £450,000 (Apr 2022) → £460,000 (Jan 2026) +2%
over 4 yrs
29, Oughton Head Way £425,000 (Apr 2021) → £600,000 (Nov 2025) +41%
over 5 yrs
30, Oughton Head Way £462,500 (Oct 2019) → £750,000 (Oct 2025) +62%
over 6 yrs
3, Oughton Head Way £525,000 (Nov 2019) → £550,000 (Feb 2021) → £575,000 (Jul 2023) +10%
over 4 yrs
28, Oughton Head Way £395,000 (Jun 2016) → £702,500 (Dec 2022) +78%
over 7 yrs
12, Oughton Head Way £345,000 (Apr 2018) → £445,000 (Sep 2020) +29%
over 2 yrs
23, Oughton Head Way £376,000 (Mar 2016) → £455,000 (Oct 2019) +21%
over 4 yrs
15, Oughton Head Way £360,000 (Jun 2019) → £370,000 (Sep 2019) +3%
over under a year
11, Oughton Head Way £285,000 (Jan 2016) → £500,000 (Sep 2018) +75%
over 3 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Oughton Head Way

Crime

218 crimes were reported within about a mile of Oughton Head Way in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Anti-social behaviour67
Violence & sexual offences64
Shoplifting24
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order10
Vehicle crime9

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Oughton Head Way is in or near 1 Environment Agency flood area:

  • River Ivel in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Oughton Head Way

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Samuel Lucas Primary School 416 pupils Primary 4–11 Outstanding Report 0.1 mi
Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 234 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 0.3 mi
Hitchin Boys' School 1,364 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.3 mi
Oughton Primary and Nursery School 195 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
York Road Nursery School 108 pupils Nursery 2–5 Report 0.4 mi
Highbury Infant School and Nursery 195 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 0.7 mi
Strathmore Infant and Nursery School 198 pupils Primary 3–7 Report 0.7 mi
Hitchin Girls' School 1,357 pupils Secondary 11–18 Report 0.7 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Hitchin station 1.0 mi · 19 min walk
  • Letchworth Garden City station 3.1 mi · 1 hr 2 min walk
  • Stevenage station 4.8 mi · 1 hr 36 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Waitrose (opp, Bedford Road) 3 min walk
  • Football Club (opp, Fishponds Road) 3 min walk
  • West Hill (nr, Old Park Road) 3 min walk
  • Football Club (o/s, Fishponds Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Bancroft Medical Centre
    Bancroft Court, 30-35 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.4 mi
  • Regal Chambers Surgery
    50 Bancroft, Hitchin · 0.4 mi
  • Hertfordshire Special Allocation Scheme
    The Treatment Centre, Portmill House, Hitchin · 0.5 mi
  • The Portmill Surgery
    114 Queen Street, Hitchin · 0.5 mi

Supermarkets

  • Waitrose Waitrose Hitchin · 0.2 mi
  • Marks and Spencer Simply Food M&S Hitchin SF · 0.4 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Hitchin · 0.4 mi
  • Asda Supermarket Asda Hitchin Supermarket · 0.6 mi

Pharmacies

  • Cross Chemist · 0.3 mi
  • Bell Chemist · 0.4 mi
  • Boots · 0.4 mi

Dentists

  • North Hertfordshire And Stevenag · 0.1 mi
  • Old Park Dental Surgery · 0.2 mi
  • Hitchin Dental Care · 0.3 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income7 of 10
Employment9 of 10
Education and skills8 of 10
Health and disability9 of 10
Crime7 of 10
Access to housing and services10 of 10
Living environment6 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned70.8%62.5%
Private rented14.4%20.3%
Social rented14.8%17.1%
Households778

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1517.7%17.4%
Aged 15–6464.7%64.1%
Aged 65+17.6%18.6%
Residents1,834

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks80%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks88%92%

Share of homes across North Hertfordshire with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Oughton Head Way

Ethnic group

HereNorth Hertfordshire
White84.1%87.6%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.6%5.2%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.2%2.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%3.7%
Other ethnic group1.1%1.1%

Religion

HereNorth Hertfordshire
No religion46.2%44.5%
Christian39.2%43.8%
Not answered7.7%6%
Muslim3.4%1.6%
Sikh1.7%1.7%
Other religion0.8%0.6%
Hindu0.4%1.1%
Jewish0.3%–

Country of birth

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Born in the UK85%88.4%
Born outside the UK15%11.6%

Highest qualification

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Level 4 qualifications and above44.5%41.5%
Level 3 qualifications13.9%15.5%
No qualifications13.4%13.6%
Level 2 qualifications12.2%13.3%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%9.3%
Apprenticeship4.3%4.5%
Other qualifications2.1%2.3%

General health

HereNorth Hertfordshire
Very good health51.2%50.6%
Good health34.2%34%
Fair health10%11.5%
Bad health3.9%3.1%
Very bad health0.7%0.8%

Cars or vans per household

HereNorth Hertfordshire
1 car or van in household50.3%42.9%
2 cars or vans in household25.1%30.6%
No cars or vans in household17.6%15.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%11%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of North Hertfordshire.

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