CM23 2AW

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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM23 2TT 51 m
CM23 4PE 69 m
CM23 4NZ 74 m
CM23 4PF 118 m
CM23 2JR 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 2AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 2
Latitude
51.872857
Longitude
0.137904
British National Grid easting
547,275
British National Grid northing
221,524

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
E00119135
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003C · E01023454
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 003 · E02004880

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fairman House, 2, Shaw Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2AW 30 May 2025 £240,000
Fairman House, 6, Shaw Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2AW 23 December 2024 £315,000
Fairman House, 8, Shaw Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2AW 20 December 2024 £318,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
20
Secondary
6
  1. Hillmead Primary School

    Community school

    349 m
  2. Bishop's Stortford College

    Other independent school

    644 m
  3. Avanti Brook Primary School

    Free schools

    867 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,281
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 476
  • Anti social behaviour 211
  • Shoplifting 179
  • Other theft 79
  • Criminal damage and arson 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM23 2 residents
9,500

Age bands in CM23 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

1,806 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

887 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.1%

2,724 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

2,306 residents

Age 65 and over
17.4%

1,631 residents

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code E82067

    1.5 km

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82074

    1.7 km

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82654

    2.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Tesco

    BCT · Bishops Park

    0.2 miles
  • Franklin Street

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.3 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Bishops Park

    0.3 miles
  • Fire Station

    BCT · Bishops Park

    0.3 miles
  • Franklin Street

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 003C, 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

30,688 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £310,000 from 9 recorded sales in CM23 2AW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Hertfordshire is £460,778 in June 2026, up 4.0% year on year.

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Hillmead Primary School is the nearest published school at 349 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,281 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 476 events.

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