CM23 5PE

Bishop's Stortford Parsonage · 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 5PD 67 m
CM23 5JZ 87 m
CM23 5GB 93 m
CM23 5PB 94 m
CM23 5AN 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM23 5PE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM23
Postcode sector
CM23 5
Latitude
51.872050
Longitude
0.176480
British National Grid easting
549,933
British National Grid northing
221,513

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
E00119054
Lower layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005A · E01023438
Middle layer super output area
East Hertfordshire 005 · E02004882

Postcode source versions

Explore CM23

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Raynham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5PE 14 November 2024 £315,000
31, Raynham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5PE 22 March 2022 £335,000
34, Raynham Road, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5PE 4 March 2022 £570,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
20
Secondary
7
  1. Summercroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    334 m
  2. All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery, Bishop's Stortford

    Voluntary aided school

    354 m
  3. Hockerill Anglo-European College

    Academy converter

    378 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,994
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 753
  • Anti social behaviour 318
  • Shoplifting 246
  • Criminal damage and arson 127
  • Other theft 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
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

  • HELIX MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E82654

    745 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

    1.2 km

  • PEACOCK SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81053

    3.7 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

  • Plaw Hatch Close H&R

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.2 miles
  • Stortford Hall Park

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.2 miles
  • The Nags Head PH

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.2 miles
  • Plaw Hatch Close

    BCT · Parsonage Estate

    0.2 miles
  • Anglo European College

    BCT · Hockerill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Hertfordshire 005A, 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

28,312 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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
4
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £335,000 from 3 recorded sales in CM23 5PE. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 7 secondary schools. Summercroft Primary School is the nearest published school at 334 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,994 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 753 events.

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