Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is covered by postcode districts CB10 and CB11. It is in the Uttlesford council area, Essex.

Typical price £387,500 Homes sold in Saffron Walden, last 12 months. ▼ 9.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 224 of 405 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 44 of 490 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 82 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 7 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Saffron Walden, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Saffron Walden, by flood risk Of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst and 446 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Saffron Walden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. CB10 1AD: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AH: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AL: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AN: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AP: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AT: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AU: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AW: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AX: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AY: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AZ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BB: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BD: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BE: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BH: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BN: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BP: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BS: not on the flood risk listCB10 1BW: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DE: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DG: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DH: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DS: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DT: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DX: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DY: not on the flood risk listCB10 1DZ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1EA: not on the flood risk listCB10 1EB: not on the flood risk listCB10 1EG: not on the flood risk listCB10 1EN: not on the flood risk listCB10 1ES: not on the flood risk listCB10 1FJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HD: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HE: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HG: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HL: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HP: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1HR: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JB: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JF: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JG: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JH: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JN: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JP: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JS: not on the flood risk listCB10 1JW: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LD: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LL: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LN: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LP: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LW: not on the flood risk listCB10 1LZ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1NA: not on the flood risk listCB10 1NB: not on the flood risk listCB10 1NQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 1SY: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AA: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AB: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AD: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AE: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AG: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AH: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AJ: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AL: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AN: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AP: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AQ: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AR: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AS: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AT: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AU: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AW: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AX: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AY: not on the flood risk listCB10 2AZ: 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flood risk listCB11 3GR: not on the flood risk listCB11 3GW: not on the flood risk listCB11 3GZ: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HB: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HD: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HE: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HF: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HG: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HL: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HN: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HP: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HQ: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HR: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HT: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HU: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HW: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HX: not on the flood risk listCB11 3HY: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JA: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JB: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JD: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JE: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JF: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JG: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JH: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JN: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JP: not on the flood risk listCB11 3JW: not 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4AX: not on the flood risk listCB11 4AY: not on the flood risk listCB11 4AZ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BA: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BB: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BD: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BE: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BG: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BH: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BJ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BL: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BN: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BP: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BQ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BS: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BT: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BU: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BW: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BX: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BY: not on the flood risk listCB11 4BZ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DA: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DB: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DD: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DE: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DF: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DG: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DH: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DJ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DL: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DN: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DP: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DQ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DR: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DS: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DT: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DU: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DW: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DX: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DY: not on the flood risk listCB11 4DZ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EA: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EB: not on the flood risk listCB11 4ED: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EF: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EG: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EH: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EN: not on the flood risk listCB11 4EQ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4ER: not on the flood risk listCB11 4ET: not on the flood risk listCB11 4FE: not on the flood risk listCB11 4FG: not on the flood risk listCB11 4FS: not on the flood risk listCB11 4FX: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GA: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GD: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GE: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GJ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GL: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GN: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GP: not on the flood risk listCB11 4GZ: not on the flood risk listCB11 4HP: not on the flood risk listCB11 4LP: not on the flood risk listCB11 4NR: not on the flood risk listCB11 4UH: not on the flood risk listCB10 1AA: low flood risk at worstCB10 1AE: low flood risk at worstCB10 1AF: low flood risk at worstCB10 1AG: low flood risk at worstCB10 1AR: low flood risk at worstCB10 1AS: low flood risk at worstCB10 1DB: low flood risk at worstCB10 1ED: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EE: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EJ: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EP: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EQ: low flood risk at worstCB10 1ER: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EU: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EW: low flood risk at worstCB10 1EX: low flood risk at worstCB10 1FD: low flood risk at worstCB10 1FH: low flood risk at worstCB10 1FP: low flood risk at worstCB10 1HA: low flood risk at worstCB10 1HB: low flood risk at worstCB10 1HZ: low flood risk at worstCB10 1JD: low flood risk at worstCB10 1JZ: low flood risk at worstCB10 1LR: low flood risk at worstCB10 1LU: low flood risk at worstCB10 1NG: low flood risk at worstCB11 3AA: low flood risk at worstCB11 3AE: low flood risk at worstCB11 3AG: low flood risk at worstCB11 3BJ: low flood risk at worstCB11 3ED: low flood risk at worstCB11 3EG: low flood risk at worstCB10 1BT: medium flood risk at worstCB10 1BU: medium flood risk at worstCB10 1BX: medium flood risk at worstCB10 1DA: medium flood risk at worstCB10 1BY: high flood riskCB10 1BZ: high flood riskCB10 1LS: high flood riskCB10 1LT: high flood riskCB10 2GN: high flood riskCB11 3HS: high flood risk Saffron Walden Map of every postcode in Saffron Walden, by flood risk Of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst and 446 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Saffron Walden. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Saffron Walden
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 34
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 446

Of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst and 446 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0211, longitude 0.2447. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CB11 3HS46 at high riskCB10 1LS8 at high riskCB10 1LT3 at high riskCB10 2GN2 at high riskCB10 1BZ1 at high riskCB10 1BY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Saffron Walden?

Homes sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.3% on the 12 months before. At 224 of the 405 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 82 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 490 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Audley End, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Saffron Walden?

Homes in Saffron Walden sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, down 9.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£387,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£427,000
12 months to August 2026
£387,500

▼ down 9.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£643,000 45 sales
Semi-detached£450,000 62 sales
Terraced£320,000 54 sales
Flat or maisonette£230,000 43 sales

Across the whole CB10 district, Saffron Walden's main postcode district: a typical £485,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Saffron Walden: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Saffron Walden?

36 of the 490 postcodes now in use in Saffron Walden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 298 homes sold in Saffron Walden were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB10 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

CB10 9GUsince June 2026CB10 9GSsince April 2026CB11 3ZUsince April 2026CB11 4HXsince March 2026CB11 4HPsince December 2025CB11 4LPsince December 2025

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Saffron WaldenAcross the CB10 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 204 (Under 1%) 9 of 150 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 31 of 298 (10%) 45 of 221 (20%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Saffron Walden?

Ofcom reports on 405 of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden. At 224 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit224 of 405
Postcodes where every home can get superfast369 of 405

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Saffron Walden at risk of flooding?

44 of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 82 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 44 of 490 postcodes High: 61Medium: 21Low: 301

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Saffron Walden?

The open schools at the postcodes in Saffron Walden. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Saffron Walden?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Saffron Walden is Audley End Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Audley End Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Newport (Essex) Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
  • Great Chesterford Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Saffron Walden?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Saffron Walden. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Saffron Walden safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 757 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Saffron Walden over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 49 September 2025
  2. 66 October 2025
  3. 58 November 2025
  4. 58 December 2025
  5. 60 January 2026
  6. 56 February 2026
  7. 53 March 2026
  8. 67 April 2026
  9. 54 May 2026
  10. 80 June 2026
  11. 79 July 2026
  12. 77 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences322 reports
Anti-social behaviour88 reports
Other theft74 reports
Criminal damage and arson56 reports
Public order49 reports
Shoplifting46 reports
Vehicle crime37 reports
Burglary34 reports

Also: other crime 16, drugs 12, theft from the person 9, bicycle theft 7, possession of weapons 5, robbery 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Saffron Walden?

District, borough or city council
Uttlesford
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituency
North West Essex
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)

All 490 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Saffron Walden

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Saffron Walden postcodes

490 postcodes in use in Saffron Walden, by district:

CB10 postcode district,286 postcodesCB11 postcode district,204 postcodes

Those districts are all in the CB postcode area.

Check a Saffron Walden postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Saffron Walden

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Saffron Walden's £387,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Newport, Uttlesford4.6 km, £450,000Linton9.0 km, £432,500Thaxted10.1 km, £402,500Elsenham11.8 km, £412,500Sawston12.4 km, £385,000Stansted Mountfitchet13.7 km, £452,500Haverhill14.7 km, £260,000Burton End15.1 km, £485,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Saffron Walden

What is it like to live in Saffron Walden?
Homes sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.3% on the 12 months before. At 224 of the 405 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 82 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 490 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Audley End, 3.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Saffron Walden?
Saffron Walden is covered by postcode districts CB10 and CB11, across 490 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Saffron Walden in?
Saffron Walden is in the Uttlesford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Saffron Walden?
Saffron Walden is in the North West Essex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Saffron Walden?
Homes in Saffron Walden sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, down 9.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Saffron Walden?
In Saffron Walden, primary schools at its postcodes include R A Butler Infant School, R A Butler Junior School and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden; secondary schools at its postcodes include Saffron Walden County High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Saffron Walden have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Saffron Walden is Audley End, 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Saffron Walden?
Ofcom reports on 405 of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden. At 224 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Saffron Walden at risk of flooding?
44 of the 490 postcodes in Saffron Walden have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 82 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Saffron Walden?
36 of the 490 postcodes now in use in Saffron Walden came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 298 homes sold in Saffron Walden were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB10 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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