Bishop's Stortford North

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 7,035 · 4 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #677 of 6,856 in England
  • #74 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,865
Median age (est.)40
Density1,925per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above44%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 8%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 90%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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 North is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #677 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (97) and lowest on Crime (51). Typical homes here sold for about £462,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 126 sales), in line with the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £53,713 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 107 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 84 · #1,129
Employment 89 · #759
Education 92 · #526
Health 97 · #183
Crime 51 · #3,371
Housing & access 87 · #903
Living environment 55 · #3,055

House prices ?

£462,500median (12m) · -4.2% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,500126-4.2%+15.6%
Detached£682,50036+3.9%-4.9%
Semi-detached£535,00027+4.0%+25.9%
Terraced£400,00035+7.4%+8.8%
Flat£216,35028+8.2%-8.9%
This area£462,500
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)£53,713±£7,647 · #598 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,272
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

107 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 750 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,113 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences306
Theft222
Burglary32
Vehicle crime30
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons61
Drugs34
Robbery16
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 180 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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