Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham
Middle areaWest Uttlesford. 15,476 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 70 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 45% of people in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.8 per 1,000 people across Uttlesford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 310 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 172 |
| Other crime | 155 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 76 |
| Vehicle crime | 55 |
| Shoplifting | 32 |
| Burglary | 27 |
| Drug offences | 24 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.8 per 1,000 people across Uttlesford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (310), anti-social behaviour (172) and other crime (155).
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 Uttlesford
These figures are published for the whole of Uttlesford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Uttlesford and not Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham alone. See Uttlesford
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham in brief
The median price paid for a home in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham was £455,000 in 2025.
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham had 14,839 usual residents at the census.
About 45% of people in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.