# Bishop's Stortford

Town in East Hertfordshire, East of England.

Bishop's Stortford is a town in East Hertfordshire, East of England. Median sale price £435,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 80.5 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63004191. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)

Bishop's Stortford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bishop's Stortford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £435,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bishop's Stortford was £435,000 in 2025. Joint 138th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,916** (2021). Bishop's Stortford had 40,916 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 271st most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 65%** (2022). About 65% of people in Bishop's Stortford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.6%** (January 2026). In Bishop's Stortford, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004191) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 65% of people in Bishop's Stortford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004191) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 755 homes were sold in Bishop's Stortford in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004191) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bishop's Stortford.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004191) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bishop's Stortford had 40,916 usual residents at the census.

## How Bishop's Stortford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bishop's Stortford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £435,000 | joint 26th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 40,916 | 28th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 65% | joint 23rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.6% | 43rd lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

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

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bishop's Stortford at a rate of 80.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 340 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bishop's Stortford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,189), anti-social behaviour (882) and other crime (494).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bishop's Stortford was 71.3 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Bishop's Stortford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bishop's Stortford has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Bishop's Stortford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Hertfordshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023452) | 1,303 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [East Hertfordshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023453) | 2,074 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| [East Hertfordshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023454) | 2,227 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [East Hertfordshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023455) | 1,363 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| [East Hertfordshire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023449) | 1,819 | 139.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 72.8% |
| [East Hertfordshire 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023451) | 2,307 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.9% |
| [East Hertfordshire 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035590) | 1,610 | 124.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [East Hertfordshire 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035591) | 1,131 | 416.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.2% |
| [East Hertfordshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023438) | 1,527 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| [East Hertfordshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023439) | 1,417 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| [East Hertfordshire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023440) | 1,737 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.5% |
| [East Hertfordshire 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023441) | 1,523 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.7% |
| [East Hertfordshire 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023442) | 2,256 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023443) | 1,403 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.9% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023444) | 1,904 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.7% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023445) | 1,735 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023447) | 1,327 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.5% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023448) | 1,472 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035594) | 1,451 | 208.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 007H](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01035595) | 1,081 | 182.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.5% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023456) | 1,336 | 12.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.0% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023457) | 1,472 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023458) | 1,380 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.8% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023459) | 1,293 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.1% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023460) | 1,545 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.6% |
| [East Hertfordshire 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/neighbourhood/e01023461) | 1,557 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Hertford and Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertford-and-stortford): Josh Dean (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[East Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)

## Postcode districts covering Bishop's Stortford

[CM23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm23)

## Middle areas in Bishop's Stortford

[Bishop's Stortford Central](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/bishops-stortford-central), [Bishop's Stortford East](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/bishops-stortford-east), [Bishop's Stortford North](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/bishops-stortford-north), [Bishop's Stortford South](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/bishops-stortford-south), [Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire/bishops-stortford-west-and-braughing)

## Towns near Bishop's Stortford

[Stansted Mountfitchet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stansted-mountfitchet), [Sawbridgeworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sawbridgeworth), [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow), [Great Dunmow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-dunmow), [Ware](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ware), [Buntingford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford)

## Bishop's Stortford in brief

Bishop's Stortford is a town in East Hertfordshire, East of England.
About 44,036 people lived in Bishop's Stortford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £435,000 in 2025 across 755 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bishop's Stortford was £435,000 in 2025.
Bishop's Stortford had 40,916 usual residents at the census.
About 65% of people in Bishop's Stortford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bishop's Stortford, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004191
- Constituency: [Hertford and Stortford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hertford-and-stortford)
- Council: [East Hertfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hertfordshire)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 10.06 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,036*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 125

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Stansted Mountfitchet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stansted-mountfitchet), [Sawbridgeworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sawbridgeworth), [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow), [Great Dunmow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-dunmow), [Ware](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ware), [Buntingford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/buntingford)

## Latest updates for Bishop's Stortford

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004191

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford