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CM1 6LQ

Boreham and The Leighs · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Boreham and The Leighs
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex
Postcode district
CM1
Postcode sector
CM1 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM1 6LF 40 m
CM1 6LG 95 m
CM1 6EY 122 m
CM1 6LD 144 m
CM1 6EZ 181 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM1 6LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM1
Postcode sector
CM1 6
Latitude
51.769824
Longitude
0.512676
British National Grid easting
573,467
British National Grid northing
210,891

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Electoral ward
Boreham and The Leighs · E05004097
Parish or community
E04013169
Westminster constituency
North West Essex · E14001402
Output area
E00109406
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 005B · E01021537
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 005 · E02004489

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
18
Secondary
5

  1. New Hall School

    Other independent school

    629 m

  2. The Beaulieu Park School

    Free schools

    1.5 km

  3. Springfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
489
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 237
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Public order 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM1 6 residents
15,497

Age bands in CM1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.4%

3,201 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,539 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.3%

4,588 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

4,031 residents

Age 65 and over
14.7%

2,300 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

  • NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC

    2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF

    ODS code Y02611

    2.1 km

  • THE LAURELS SURGERY

    JUNIPER ROAD, BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3DX

    ODS code F81149

    2.5 km

  • LITTLE WALTHAM & GT NOTLEY SURGERY

    30 BROOK HILL, LITTLE WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3LL

    ODS code F81105

    3.1 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    3.9 km

  • RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.

    123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR

    ODS code F81071

    4.2 km

  • CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW

    ODS code F81122

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Beaulieu Rydes

    BCT · Beaulieu Park

    0.1 miles

  • Beaulieu Rydes

    BCT · Beaulieu Park

    0.1 miles

  • Remembrance Ave

    BCT · Beaulieu Park

    0.2 miles

  • Remembrance Ave

    BCT · Beaulieu Park

    0.2 miles

  • New Hall School

    BCT · Boreham

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 005B, 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

24,190 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 5 secondary schools. New Hall School is the nearest published school at 629 m.

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

Recorded crime

489 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 237 events.

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