CM23 1JG

Bishop's Stortford North · East Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Hertfordshire
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM23 2ZJ 443 m
CM23 2ZL 490 m
CM23 2ZN 502 m
CM23 2YS 548 m
CM23 2YN 553 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 1JG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 1
Latitude
51.886456
Longitude
0.140701
British National Grid easting
547,423
British National Grid northing
223,042

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Hertfordshire · E07000242
Parish or community
E04013541
Westminster constituency
Hertford and Stortford · E14001283
Output area
E00119127
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003B · E01023453
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003 · E02004880

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wickham Hall, Bailey Hills, Hadham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1JG 3 January 2018 £1,050,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
21
Secondary
7
  1. Avanti Brook Primary School

    Free schools

    660 m
  2. Avanti Grange Secondary School

    Free schools

    758 m
  3. Northgate Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
400
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 152
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • Other theft 41
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Burglary 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.0
CM23 1 residents
2,097

Age bands in CM23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.7%

471 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

212 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

530 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

662 residents

Age 65 and over
17.4%

396 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM23 1 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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 straight-line

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

    30A CHURCH STREET, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 2LY

    ODS code E82067

    2.2 km

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

    83 SOUTH STREET, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 3AP

    ODS code E82074

    2.6 km

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    HERTS AND ESSEX HOSPITAL, CAVELL DRIVE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CM23 5JH

    ODS code E82654

    3.3 km

  • PEACOCK SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR CASTLE MALTINGS, LOWER STREET, STANSTED, STANSTED, CM24 8XG

    ODS code F81053

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Searle Way

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.3 miles
  • Thorpe Road

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.4 miles
  • Avanti Grange Secondary School

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.4 miles
  • Newland Avenue

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.4 miles
  • Newland Avenue

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 003B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,824 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 7 secondary schools. Avanti Brook Primary School is the nearest published school at 660 m.

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

Recorded crime

400 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 152 events.

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