CM23 2YX

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 2HQ 37 m
CM23 2EZ 72 m
CM23 2UD 95 m
CM23 1JL 117 m
CM23 1FA 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 2YX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 2
Latitude
51.886694
Longitude
0.162612
British National Grid easting
548,930
British National Grid northing
223,113

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
E00190284
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 004D · E01035590
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 004 · E02004881

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
20
Secondary
7
  1. Avanti Meadows Primary School

    Free schools

    176 m
  2. Avanti Grange Secondary School

    Free schools

    809 m
  3. Northgate Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
607
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 209
  • Anti social behaviour 108
  • Shoplifting 74
  • Other theft 39
  • Vehicle crime 37

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

4

within 5 km

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code E82067

    1.9 km

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82074

    2.2 km

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82654

    2.5 km

  • PEACOCK SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81053

    3.1 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

  • Gosling Close

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.2 miles
  • Gosling Close

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.2 miles
  • Mountbatten

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.3 miles
  • Rushforth Road

    BCT · Stortford Fields

    0.3 miles
  • Mountbatten

    BCT · Bishops Stortford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 004D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,137 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 7 secondary schools. Avanti Meadows Primary School is the nearest published school at 176 m.

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

Recorded crime

607 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 209 events.

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