Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet is covered by postcode districts CM22, CM23 and CM24. It is in the Uttlesford council area, Essex.

Typical price £452,500 Homes sold in Stansted Mountfitchet, last 12 months. ▲ 7.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 156 of 215 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 219 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 73 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Stansted Mountfitchet, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Stansted Mountfitchet, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Stansted Mountfitchet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M11 CM22 6PZ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AB: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AD: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AE: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AF: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AH: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AJ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AL: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AN: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AP: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AQ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AR: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AS: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AT: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AU: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BA: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BB: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BD: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BL: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BS: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BX: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BY: not on the flood risk listCM24 8BZ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8DA: not on the flood risk listCM24 8DB: not on the flood risk listCM24 8DF: not on the flood risk listCM24 8DG: not on the flood risk listCM24 8DH: not on the 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8XZ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8YD: not on the flood risk listCM24 8YG: not on the flood risk listCM24 8YJ: not on the flood risk listCM24 8YN: not on the flood risk listCM24 8YT: not on the flood risk listCM24 8AX: low flood risk at worstCM24 8BH: low flood risk at worstCM24 8LS: low flood risk at worstCM24 8LY: low flood risk at worstCM24 8NE: low flood risk at worstCM24 8NG: low flood risk at worstCM24 8XJ: low flood risk at worstCM24 8AG: medium flood risk at worstCM24 8XH: medium flood risk at worstCM24 8BE: high flood riskCM24 8BJ: high flood riskCM24 8LN: high flood riskCM24 8LP: high flood riskCM24 8LR: high flood riskCM24 8NB: high flood riskCM24 8PL: high flood riskCM24 8XG: high flood risk Stansted Mountfitchet 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CM24 8BE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Stansted Mountfitchet, by flood risk Of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Stansted North, Stansted South & Birchanger. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M11 Stansted NorthStansted South & Birchanger
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 202
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 202 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.9019, longitude 0.1968. 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.

CM24 8BE16 at high riskCM24 8LP14 at high riskCM24 8LN13 at high riskCM24 8LR8 at high riskCM24 8NB3 at high riskCM24 8PL2 at high riskCM24 8BJ1 at high riskCM24 8XG1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CM24 8BE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Stansted Mountfitchet?

Homes sold for a typical £452,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 156 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 73 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 219 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stansted Mountfitchet, 200 metres 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

Homes in Stansted Mountfitchet sold for a typical £452,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£452,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£420,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 7.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £644,500 28 sales
  • Semi-detached £475,000 27 sales
  • Terraced £370,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £215,000 12 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole CM24 district, Stansted Mountfitchet's main postcode district: a typical £455,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stansted Mountfitchet: 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

5 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Stansted Mountfitchet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 149 homes sold in Stansted Mountfitchet were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM24 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

CM24 8AFsince November 2022CM24 8XZsince February 2022CM24 8YTsince February 2021CM24 8YJsince December 2020CM24 8YNsince November 2020

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 Stansted MountfitchetAcross the CM24 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 94 (0%) 0 of 95 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 149 (Under 1%) 1 of 150 (Under 1%)

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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

Ofcom reports on 215 of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet. At 156 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit156 of 215
Postcodes where every home can get superfast205 of 215

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.

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

Is Stansted Mountfitchet at risk of flooding?

17 of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet 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 73 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 219 postcodes High: 58Medium: 15Low: 61

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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

The open schools at the postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet. 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet is Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.

  • Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Elsenham Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
  • Bishops Stortford Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle

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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet. 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 Stansted Mountfitchet safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 392 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet 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. 30 September 2025
  2. 51 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 27 December 2025
  5. 19 January 2026
  6. 22 February 2026
  7. 31 March 2026
  8. 49 April 2026
  9. 38 May 2026
  10. 41 June 2026
  11. 29 July 2026
  12. 35 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences153 reports
Anti-social behaviour48 reports
Criminal damage and arson41 reports
Public order35 reports
Other theft30 reports
Shoplifting18 reports
Burglary16 reports
Drugs15 reports

Also: vehicle crime 13, other crime 11, possession of weapons 8, bicycle theft 3, robbery 1.

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 Stansted Mountfitchet?

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 219 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

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Stansted Mountfitchet postcodes

219 postcodes in use in Stansted Mountfitchet, by district:

CM24 postcode district,217 postcodesCM22 postcode district,1 postcodeCM23 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the CM postcode area.

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Places near Stansted Mountfitchet

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stansted Mountfitchet's £452,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Elsenham2.6 km, £412,500Burton End3.8 km, £485,000Bishop's Stortford4.5 km, £415,000Takeley and Little Canfield6.5 km, £446,000Newport, Uttlesford9.3 km, £450,000Hatfield Heath9.8 km, £642,500Sawbridgeworth10.6 km, £425,500Great Dunmow11.7 km, £413,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Stansted Mountfitchet

What is it like to live in Stansted Mountfitchet?
Homes sold for a typical £452,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 156 of the 215 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 73 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 219 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stansted Mountfitchet, 200 metres 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?
Stansted Mountfitchet is covered by postcode districts CM22, CM23 and CM24, across 219 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Stansted Mountfitchet in?
Stansted Mountfitchet is in the Uttlesford council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Stansted Mountfitchet?
Stansted Mountfitchet 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?
Homes in Stansted Mountfitchet sold for a typical £452,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Stansted Mountfitchet?
In Stansted Mountfitchet, primary schools at its postcodes include Magna Carta Primary Academy, St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School and Bentfield Primary School and Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include Forest Hall School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Does Stansted Mountfitchet have a railway station?
Yes: Stansted Mountfitchet is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Stansted Mountfitchet?
Ofcom reports on 215 of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet. At 156 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Stansted Mountfitchet at risk of flooding?
17 of the 219 postcodes in Stansted Mountfitchet 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 73 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 Stansted Mountfitchet?
5 of the 219 postcodes now in use in Stansted Mountfitchet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 149 homes sold in Stansted Mountfitchet were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CM24 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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