Property market
The five-year median is £376,500 from 5,834 recorded sales in CM1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Chelmsford is £383,103 in June 2026, down 1.2% year on year.
CM1
UK postcode district
Part of Chelmsford
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,801
- Current units
- 1,561
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 16
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,240
Postcode sectors in CM1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
37,025 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 248, Ongar Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3NZ | 24 July 2026 | £590,000 |
| 46, Mayne Crest, Chelmsford, CM1 6UB | 23 July 2026 | £430,000 |
| 103, Bodmin Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LN | 20 July 2026 | £468,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 18
- Secondary
- 6
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8,073
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,563
- Shoplifting 979
- Public order 582
- Anti social behaviour 533
- Other theft 507
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM1 usual residents
- 69,427
- Age-profile population
- 69,460
Age bands in CM1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 12,529 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- 7,731 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.6%
- 19,867 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- 17,263 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.4%
- 12,070 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,449 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,373 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,195 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 4 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW
ODS code F81122
RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.
123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR
ODS code F81071
THE WRITTLE SURGERY
16A LORDSHIP ROAD, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3EH
ODS code F81098
WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY
CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW
ODS code F81057
Evidence in context
Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 6 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,073 published events cover 12 months, averaging 673 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,563 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.