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Thaxted & the Eastons

Ward

East Uttlesford. About 5,422 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 56 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Thaxted & the Eastons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,288
Joint 2,981st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thaxted & the Eastons compares

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

Thaxted & the EastonsMiddle
Population22 wards, Uttlesford · 2021
Population: every ward in Uttlesford22 areas from 2,077 to 7,592. The middle area is 4,376. Thaxted & the Eastons is 5,288.
5,2884th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Uttlesford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Uttlesford22 areas from 0.0% to 80.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Thaxted & the Eastons is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Uttlesford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Uttlesford22 areas from 46.3% to 96.5%. The middle area is 82.9%. Thaxted & the Eastons is 81.0%.
81.0%7th lowest
Claimant rate22 wards, Uttlesford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Uttlesford22 areas from 0.5% to 2.9%. The middle area is 1.7%. Thaxted & the Eastons is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 6th highest

Is Thaxted & the Eastons safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thaxted & the Eastons at a rate of 35.9 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, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thaxted & the Eastons.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (101), other crime (41) and anti-social behaviour (18).

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 Thaxted & the Eastons alone. See Uttlesford

Average house price
£468,166
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£50,103
15th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 72nd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
10.0
Joint 23rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thaxted & the Eastons in brief

Thaxted & the Eastons had 5,288 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Thaxted & the Eastons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thaxted & the Eastons, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thaxted & the Eastons, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.