Stort Valley
WardWest Uttlesford. About 2,044 people in 35 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 22% of people in Stort Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Stort Valley compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Stort Valley safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stort Valley at a rate of 21.6 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, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stort Valley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (13), other crime (13) and vehicle crime (4).
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 ward, so they describe all of Uttlesford and not Stort Valley alone. See Uttlesford
Stort Valley in brief
Stort Valley had 2,077 usual residents at the census.
About 22% of people in Stort Valley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Stort Valley, 82.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Stort Valley, 0.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.