CM21 9DU

Sawbridgeworth · East Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Hertfordshire
Postcode district
CM21
Postcode sector
CM21 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM21 9DX 57 m
CM21 9DR 95 m
CM21 9DN 105 m
CM21 9DT 127 m
CM21 9DS 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM21 9DU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM21
Postcode sector
CM21 9
Latitude
51.819747
Longitude
0.154122
British National Grid easting
548,566
British National Grid northing
215,651

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Hertfordshire · E07000242
Parish or community
E04004746
Westminster constituency
Hertford and Stortford · E14001283
Output area
E00119373
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 011A · E01023499
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 011 · E02004888

Postcode source versions

Explore CM21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Reedings Junior School

    Community school

    319 m
  2. Leventhorpe

    Academy converter

    349 m
  3. Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School

    Community school

    668 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
527
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 236
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Vehicle crime 50
  • Public order 28
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

23 female, 27 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.3
CM21 9 residents
7,081

Age bands in CM21 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,163 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

653 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

1,795 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,878 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

1,350 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM21 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    BELL STREET, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 9AQ

    ODS code E82100

    912 m

  • GARDENS AND JACOBS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    JACOBS & GARDENS NEUROLOGICAL CTRS, HIGH WYCH ROAD, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 0HH

    ODS code Y01924

    2.2 km

  • THE EDEN SURGERIES

    BROOMFIELDS, HATFIELD HEATH, BISHOPS STORTFORD, CM22 7EH

    ODS code F81004

    3.6 km

  • OLD HARLOW HEALTH CENTRE

    JENNER HSE, GARDEN TCE RD, HARLOW, CM17 0AX

    ODS code F81056

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Leventhorpe School

    BCT · Sawbridgeworth

    0.2 miles
  • Leventhorpe School

    BCT · Sawbridgeworth

    0.2 miles
  • Bullfields

    BCT · Sawbridgeworth

    0.2 miles
  • Bullfields

    BCT · Sawbridgeworth

    0.3 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Sawbridgeworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 011A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,962 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Reedings Junior School is the nearest published school at 319 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

527 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 236 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.