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Stour Valley North

Ward

North Braintree. About 2,922 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 71 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Stour Valley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,923
1,037th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stour Valley North compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Stour Valley NorthMiddle
Population26 wards, Braintree · 2021
Population: every ward in Braintree26 areas from 2,737 to 10,296. The middle area is 6,091. Stour Valley North is 2,923.
2,9235th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, Braintree · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Braintree26 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Stour Valley North is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, Braintree · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Braintree26 areas from 62.8% to 99.4%. The middle area is 92.2%. Stour Valley North is 88.2%.
88.2%9th lowest
Claimant rate26 wards, Braintree · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Braintree26 areas from 1.2% to 4.3%. The middle area is 2.2%. Stour Valley North is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 10th lowest

Is Stour Valley North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stour Valley North at a rate of 29.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Braintree.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stour Valley North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (57), other crime (29) and burglary (17).

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.

Figures for the whole of Braintree

These figures are published for the whole of Braintree, not for each ward, so they describe all of Braintree and not Stour Valley North alone. See Braintree

Average house price
£328,477
Up 1.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,712
148th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.3×
Joint 115th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.6
Joint 119th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stour Valley North in brief

Stour Valley North had 2,923 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Stour Valley North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stour Valley North, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stour Valley North, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.