CM23 5LT

Bishop's Stortford All Saints · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM23 5LS 62 m
CM23 5LU 71 m
CM23 5LP 74 m
CM23 5JJ 166 m
CM23 5PX 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 5LT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 5
Latitude
51.865191
Longitude
0.178792
British National Grid easting
550,115
British National Grid northing
220,755

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
E00169737
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005E · E01023442
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005 · E02004882

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Fairway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5LT 14 June 2018 £417,000
11, Fairway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5LT 8 January 2018 £386,000
2, Fairway, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5LT 19 December 2014 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
19
Secondary
7
  1. Thorn Grove Primary School

    Community school

    366 m
  2. The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College

    Academy converter

    600 m
  3. Hockerill Anglo-European College

    Academy converter

    835 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,816
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 665
  • Anti social behaviour 272
  • Shoplifting 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 122
  • Other theft 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

18 female, 18 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.0
CM23 5 residents
9,236

Age bands in CM23 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,785 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.1%

1,165 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,478 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,604 residents

Age 65 and over
16.4%

1,571 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM23 5 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

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82654

    308 m

  • SOUTH STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code E82074

    1.2 km

  • CHURCH STREET PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code E82067

    1.5 km

  • PEACOCK SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81053

    4.4 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

  • Highfield Avenue

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.0 miles
  • Highfield Avenue

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.0 miles
  • Herts and Essex Hospital

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.1 miles
  • Linkside Road

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.1 miles
  • Linkside Road

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 005E, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,496 of 33,755

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

29 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 7 secondary schools. Thorn Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 366 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,816 published events cover 12 months, averaging 151.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 665 events.

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