Postcode · Bishop's Stortford
Crime in CM23 5FF
How much crime is recorded in CM23 5FF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham
- Council
- Uttlesford
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,953 (2024)
How safe is CM23 5FF
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CM23 5FF area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CM23 5FFNational
Violence and sexual offences17.823.6
Other theft6.54.5
Burglary5.89.1
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Vehicle crime4.73.5
Anti-social behaviour4.410.7
Public order3.54.6
Drugs2.42.4
Shoplifting1.48.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.