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Bishop's Stortford South

Ward

The east of the East Hertfordshire. About 4,843 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 94% of people in Bishop's Stortford South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,401
2,241st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
94%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bishop's Stortford South compares

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

Bishop's Stortford SouthMiddle
Population26 wards, East Hertfordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in East Hertfordshire26 areas from 2,155 to 10,036. The middle area is 5,878. Bishop's Stortford South is 4,401.
4,4019th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, East Hertfordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Hertfordshire26 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 44.5%. Bishop's Stortford South is 94.0%.
94%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, East Hertfordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Hertfordshire26 areas from 33.2% to 96.8%. The middle area is 86.8%. Bishop's Stortford South is 95.3%.
95.3%3rd highest
Claimant rate26 wards, East Hertfordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Hertfordshire26 areas from 1.2% to 3.3%. The middle area is 1.9%. Bishop's Stortford South is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 5th lowest

Is Bishop's Stortford South safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bishop's Stortford South at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.8 per 1,000 people across East Hertfordshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 32 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bishop's Stortford South.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (125), anti-social behaviour (91) and other crime (40).

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 East Hertfordshire

These figures are published for the whole of East Hertfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Hertfordshire and not Bishop's Stortford South alone. See East Hertfordshire

Average house price
£455,973
Up 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,184
8th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
Joint 98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.8
Joint 19th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bishop's Stortford South in brief

Bishop's Stortford South had 4,401 usual residents at the census.

About 94% of people in Bishop's Stortford South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bishop's Stortford South, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bishop's Stortford South, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.