CB9 7EH

Bumpstead · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CB9
Postcode sector
CB9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB9 7EL 398 m
CB9 7EQ 633 m
CB9 7DZ 876 m
CB9 7EG 1.1 km
CB9 7DY 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB9 7EH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB9
Postcode sector
CB9 7
Latitude
52.028378
Longitude
0.446299
British National Grid easting
567,921
British National Grid northing
239,486

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward
Bumpstead · E05010371
Parish or community
E04003928
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108582
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 001B · E01021376
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 001 · E02004446

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Steeple Bumpstead Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Other theft 3
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
CB9 7 residents
10,288

Age bands in CB9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,799 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,076 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

2,581 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

3,011 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

2,107 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB9 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Steeple Bumpstead

    0.8 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Steeple Bumpstead

    0.8 miles
  • John Tibauld Court

    BCT · Steeple Bumpstead

    0.9 miles
  • Edith Cavell Way

    BCT · Steeple Bumpstead

    0.9 miles
  • John Tibauld Court

    BCT · Steeple Bumpstead

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 001B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,078 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Steeple Bumpstead Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.