Pin Green
Stevenage 006 · 5 sub-areas · 9,032 residents
Stevenage 006 is a residential neighbourhood in Stevenage, East of England, home to around 9,000 people. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £1,300 a month — close to the national median for a 2-bed — and rents rose nearly 5% over the past year. The neighbourhood's standout feature is its unusually high social housing concentration, with nearly a third of homes rented from the council.
Pin Green is a mid-density neighbourhood of Stevenage in the East of England region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Overview
What's it like to live in Pin Green?
The area is unusually green for its density — 8 parks and 3 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,417 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Pin Green in Stevenage
Living in Pin Green
Stevenage 006 sits within one of Hertfordshire's largest towns and has a distinctly mixed tenure character — almost half the homes are owner-occupied, but a third are social rented, which is well above typical rates for the region. That mix shapes who lives here: it's not a gentrifying pocket or a young-professional hotspot, but a settled, working community with a broad age spread.
Rents are roughly in line with the national median for comparable sized properties — a 2-bed runs around £1,300 a month, and a 3-bed around £1,525. That's affordable by Hertfordshire standards, given the county's proximity to London, though the rent-to-take-home ratio of around 62% signals that affordability is still a real pressure for many residents. Council tax (Band D) runs to about £2,392 a year.
The population skews slightly younger than you'd expect from a quiet commuter town — roughly one in four residents is aged 18 to 34 — but there's also a notable share of under-18s at around 21%, suggesting plenty of families alongside younger renters. Just over a third of households are single-person, so it's not exclusively family territory. Degree-level qualifications are held by about 29% of residents, modestly below the regional norm.
For day-to-day practicalities: the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.6 km away, about a 20-minute walk. From there, London is reachable in just over 40 minutes by rail, making this a genuine commuter option without the premium price tag of areas closer to the M25. Greenspace is genuinely close — the nearest open space is under 250 metres away on average, and around 65% of the neighbourhood is within easy walking distance of green space. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific pockets.
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Frequently asked
- Is Stevenage 006 a nice place to live?
- It depends on what you're after. It's a settled, mixed-tenure residential neighbourhood with good greenspace access and a fast rail link to London. It's not particularly polished or gentrifying, but rents are moderate and the community is established. The crime rate is above the national average, which is worth weighing up.
- What is the rent in Stevenage 006?
- A one-bedroom flat runs around £1,011 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,300, and a three-bedroom around £1,525. These are estimates based on council-level data scaled to local sale prices. Rents rose by about 4.7% over the past year.
- Is Stevenage 006 safe?
- The crime rate here is around 127 incidents per 1,000 residents annually, which is notably above the UK national average of roughly 80. The area sits in the more deprived 40% of English neighbourhoods nationally, which tends to correlate with higher crime. It's worth checking street-level data on police.uk for the latest breakdown.
- What's the commute from Stevenage 006 to London?
- By rail, central London is around 41 minutes from Stevenage station. The station is roughly 1.6 km away — about a 20-minute walk. It's a genuinely usable commuter link, and the rail journey time is competitive with many closer-in Hertfordshire towns that charge significantly higher rents.
- Who lives in Stevenage 006?
- A broad mix — around a third of households are single-person, roughly one in five residents is under 18, and nearly a third of homes are socially rented. It's not a young-professional hotspot but a working, settled community with a wide age spread and a moderate proportion of families.
- What schools are near Stevenage 006?
- There are 111 schools within a typical 2km catchment radius. Around 47% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — below the national average of roughly 89% — though the nearest Outstanding-rated school is under 900 metres away. Check Hertfordshire County Council's admissions pages for catchment boundaries.
- How good is broadband in Stevenage 006?
- Excellent. Every premise in the neighbourhood has access to gigabit-capable broadband, and there are no properties below the universal service obligation speed threshold. If you work from home — and around 28% of residents do — connectivity won't be a concern.