Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Writtle Infant School is the nearest published school at 167 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CM1 3UQ
Writtle · Chelmsford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Writtle
- Local authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Postcode district
- CM1
- Postcode sector
- CM1 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CM1 3UQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 2001
- Postcode area
- CM
- Postcode district
- CM1
- Postcode sector
- CM1 3
- Latitude
- 51.727538
- Longitude
- 0.423600
- British National Grid easting
- 567,478
- British National Grid northing
- 205,981
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Chelmsford · E07000070
- Electoral ward
- Writtle · E05004119
- Parish or community
- E04003977
- Westminster constituency
- North West Essex · E14001402
- Output area
- E00109904
- Lower layer super output area
- Chelmsford 011D · E01021634
- Middle layer super output area
- Chelmsford 011 · E02004495
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CM1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 45
- Primary
- 24
- Secondary
- 6
- 167 m
Writtle Infant School
Academy converter
- 167 m
Writtle Junior School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Writtle College Limited
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 336
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 135
- Shoplifting 37
- Other theft 32
- Vehicle crime 27
- Criminal damage and arson 23
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CM1 3 residents
- 8,481
Age bands in CM1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 22%
1,334 residents
1,015 residents
2,040 residents
2,203 residents
1,856 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.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
THE WRITTLE SURGERY
16A LORDSHIP ROAD, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3EH
ODS code F81098
588 m
WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY
CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW
ODS code F81057
2.2 km
CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW
ODS code F81122
3.5 km
BEAUCHAMP HOUSE
37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB
ODS code F81083
3.7 km
RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.
123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR
ODS code F81071
3.7 km
SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY
115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY
ODS code F81117
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Loves Walk
BCT · Writtle
- 0.2 miles
The Ryle
BCT · Writtle
- 0.3 miles
Prestons Garage
BCT · Writtle
- 0.3 miles
Writtle Green
BCT · Writtle
- 0.3 miles
Purcell Cole
BCT · Writtle
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 011D, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,120 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
336 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 135 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.