Bishop's Stortford Central

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 10,436 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,335 of 6,856 in England
  • #177 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,376
Median age (est.)39
Density5,494per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 20%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 31%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 21%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bishop's Stortford Central is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,335 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (89) and lowest on Crime (53). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 149 sales), 20% below the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £44,946 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 73 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 62 · #2,589
Employment 77 · #1,602
Education 64 · #2,445
Health 89 · #732
Crime 53 · #3,199
Housing & access 78 · #1,499
Living environment 73 · #1,828

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · -1.4% yr · n=149
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000149-1.4%+7.5%
Detached£570,00019-8.1%+22.6%
Semi-detached£398,00037-2.3%+9.0%
Terraced£360,00048-1.4%+12.7%
Flat£262,50045-3.5%+10.5%
This area£360,000
East Hertfordshire£448,125
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£44,946±£6,337 · #2,091 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,635
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

73 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 766 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,738 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences351
Theft193
Burglary32
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons55
Drugs24
Robbery9
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 259 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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