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29 recorded sales · median £197,500 · Uttlesford
Uttlesford District Council · Non-partisan (independent members) 22/39 seats · 56% · OCD 2026
68/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£198k
median price
6.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£198k
median sold price
11.7 yrs
of local pay to buy
39 min
London — fastest
11
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
44
schools total
6.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
207
Violence — most
7.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
2.8%
in a flood zone
1,228
green spaces
6.8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
184
eat & drink
36
shops
73.3%
gigabit
13
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£139,000 in 1999 → £335,000 in 2020
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Uttlesford, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £197,500. That's about 11.7× local earnings — around the 12.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2020 · 3 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 29 sales£197,500
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay11.7× · five-year average 12.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from Uttlesford15.4%
Of the homes across Uttlesford that sold again within five years, 15.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Detached houses3.8%
Semi-detached houses1.4%
Terraced houses3.6%
Flats23.2%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new26.8%
Bought second-hand13.4%
Overall
Typical resale gain+20.5% · ~7.7-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (481 resale pairs) across Uttlesford — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership71%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,197
Uttlesford District Council£187
Essex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,642
Police & Crime Commissioner£275
Fire & Rescue£93
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,465
Band B£1,709
Band C£1,953
Band D (baseline)£2,197
Band E£2,686
Band F£3,174
Band G£3,662
Band H£4,395
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Uttlesford how Bolford Street compares · from Uttlesford
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Stansted Mountfitchet +36.3%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | £430,000 | +36.3% | 195 |
| Pleasant Valley | £437,000 | +32.1% | 273 |
| Newport | £477,500 | +22% | 174 |
| Great Dunmow | £310,750 | +17% | 174 |
| Saffron View | £400,000 | +0% | 213 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Bolford Street — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Bolford Street Thaxted | Detached | — | — | £1,000,000 | Dec 2024 |
| 15, Bolford Street Thaxted | Terraced | — | — | £335,000 | Sep 2020 |
| 1 BOLFORD STREET | Detached | — | — | £315,000 | Sep 2020 |
| 6 BOLFORD STREET | Detached | — | — | £902,500 | Aug 2020 |
| 19 BOLFORD STREET | Terraced | — | — | £375,000 | Nov 2017 |
| Borough Bolford Street Thaxted | Detached | — | — | £1,192,300 | Jul 2017 |
| 37 BOLFORD STREET | Detached | — | — | £1,100,000 | Oct 2016 |
| 19 BOLFORD STREET | Terraced | — | — | £300,000 | Feb 2016 |
| 14 - 16 BOLFORD STREET | Semi-detached | — | — | £380,000 | Sep 2015 |
| 8, Bolford Street Thaxted | Detached | — | — | £625,000 | Feb 2015 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Uttlesford
Crime runs at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month6.2
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Uttlesford
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Uttlesford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Uttlesford
Population91,341
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 8/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
7.8/10
Employment
8.6/10
Education & skills
7.6/10
Health & disability
9.8/10
Crime
7.1/10
Housing & services
4.1/10
Living environment
5.4/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Uttlesford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%
Unemployment · economically active residents3.6%
Degree-level (Level 4+)37%
Good or very good health87%
Own their home71%
Median age44
Born outside the UK9%
See the full Uttlesford report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 9 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Windmill Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.0 km |
| Thaxted Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 0.7 km |
| The Barn Nursery | Nursery | Outstanding ('24) | 1.4 km |
| Westwood Montessori | Nursery | Outstanding ('22) | 2.6 km |
| Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 4.8 km |
| Wimbish Primary Academy | Primary | — | 4.8 km |
| Busy Bees Childcare Centre | Nursery | Good ('24) | 5.3 km |
| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy | Primary | Good ('23) | 5.7 km |
| Great Sampford Community Primary School | Primary | Good ('23) | 5.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 82.8 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 86.8 yrs |
| Smoking | 10.8% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 62.6% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
1
nearest GP surgery · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
2
nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
1
nearest pharmacy · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaxted Dental | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Thaxted Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.3 km |
| Thaxted Surgery | GP | Good ('16) | 0.3 km |
| Wimbish Dental Centre | Dentist | — | 5.3 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Uttlesford
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 42 min from Stansted Mountfitchet.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsenham | 5.3 mi | London Liverpool Street | 53 min |
| Newport (Essex) | 5.6 mi | London Liverpool Street | 58 min |
| Stansted Airport | 5.6 mi | London Liverpool Street | 46 min |
| Audley End | 6.6 mi | London Liverpool Street | 56 min |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 7.0 mi | London Liverpool Street | 42 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Stansted Mountfitchet (42 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging5 points
Per 10,000 residents0.5
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Uttlesford
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000.9%
Flood zone2.8% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill50 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings3,741
Conservation areas40
Green belt5.9%
Green spaces1,228
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Uttlesford
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 184 | 97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 36 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 13 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 1,228 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Uttlesford
Figures for the wider Uttlesford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate3.6%
In work (employment rate)62.2%
Companies registered here17,304
New incorporations (12m)1,813
Property companies (SPVs)1,754
See the full Uttlesford report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district