# Saffron Walden Town in Uttlesford, East of England. Saffron Walden is a town in Uttlesford, East of England. Median sale price £442,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 42.8 per 1,000 people. About 17,441 people. Town. Code E63003866. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Uttlesford](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) Saffron Walden is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Saffron Walden 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: £442,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Saffron Walden was £442,500 in 2025. Joint 132nd 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/saffron-walden#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 16,609** (2021). Saffron Walden had 16,609 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 574th least 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/saffron-walden#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 6%** (2022). About 6% of people in Saffron Walden 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/saffron-walden#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.1%** (January 2026). In Saffron Walden, 83.1% 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/saffron-walden#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003866) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 6% of people in Saffron Walden 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=E63003866) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 320 homes were sold in Saffron Walden in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003866) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Saffron Walden. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003866) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Saffron Walden had 16,609 usual residents at the census. ## How Saffron Walden compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Saffron Walden | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £442,500 | 24th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 16,609 | 58th least populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 6% | joint 49th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.1% | joint 21st lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Saffron Walden safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Saffron Walden at a rate of 42.8 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, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Saffron Walden. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (315), other crime (152) and anti-social behaviour (88). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Saffron Walden was 44.5 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 Saffron Walden, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Saffron Walden has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Saffron Walden | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Uttlesford 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022075) | 1,832 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% | | [Uttlesford 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022077) | 2,057 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% | | [Uttlesford 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022074) | 1,486 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% | | [Uttlesford 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022076) | 1,647 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.0% | | [Uttlesford 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022078) | 1,507 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% | | [Uttlesford 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022079) | 2,165 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.5% | | [Uttlesford 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022080) | 1,463 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% | | [Uttlesford 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022081) | 2,590 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.1% | | [Uttlesford 002G](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/neighbourhood/e01022082) | 2,269 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.8% | ## Your MP - [North West Essex](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-essex): Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), 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 [Uttlesford](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) ## Postcode districts covering Saffron Walden [CB10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb10), [CB11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb11) ## Middle areas in Saffron Walden [Saffron Walden Town](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford/saffron-walden-town) ## Towns near Saffron Walden [Stansted Mountfitchet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stansted-mountfitchet), [Haverhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill), [Bishop's Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford), [Great Dunmow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-dunmow), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-north-hertfordshire), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) ## Saffron Walden in brief Saffron Walden is a town in Uttlesford, East of England. About 17,441 people lived in Saffron Walden in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £442,500 in 2025 across 320 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Saffron Walden was £442,500 in 2025. Saffron Walden had 16,609 usual residents at the census. About 6% of people in Saffron Walden live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Saffron Walden, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63003866 - Constituency: [North West Essex †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-essex) - Council: [Uttlesford †](https://openindex.co.uk/uttlesford) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.13 km² - People, mid-2024: 17,441* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 55 * 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), [Haverhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill), [Bishop's Stortford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishops-stortford), [Great Dunmow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-dunmow), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-north-hertfordshire), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) ## Latest updates for Saffron Walden - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003866 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/saffron-walden, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/saffron-walden#f-house-sales-median-price. 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