CM16 4AY

Epping West & Rural · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Epping
Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Epping Forest
Postcode district
CM16
Postcode sector
CM16 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM16 4FJ 78 m
CM16 4AB 102 m
CM16 4ND 106 m
CM16 5HA 123 m
CM16 4NB 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM16 4AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM16
Postcode sector
CM16 4
Latitude
51.695215
Longitude
0.104054
British National Grid easting
545,515
British National Grid northing
201,702

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Parish or community
E04004015
Westminster constituency
Epping Forest · E14001226
Output area
E00110531
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 005D · E01021763
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 005 · E02004531

Postcode source versions

Explore CM16

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
13, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AY 16 August 2024 £950,000
7, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AY 29 July 2022 £1,125,000
15, High Street, Epping, CM16 4AY 29 June 2022 £1,675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. The Tower School

    Other independent special school

    177 m
  2. Epping St John's Church of England School

    Academy sponsor led

    401 m
  3. Open Box Education Centre

    Other independent school

    591 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,028
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 402
  • Vehicle crime 97
  • Shoplifting 93
  • Public order 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

8 female, 4 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
CM16 4 residents
4,376

Age bands in CM16 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

646 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

357 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.1%

1,213 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

1,082 residents

Age 65 and over
20.8%

864 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM16 4 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+
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%

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY, EPPING

    301 HIGH STREET, EPPING, CM16 4DA

    ODS code F81072

    897 m

  • THE LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE PLAIN, EPPING, CM16 6TL

    ODS code F81043

    1.8 km

  • ABRIDGE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 37 ONGAR ROAD, ABRIDGE, ROMFORD, RM4 1UD

    ODS code F81184

    4.9 km

  • FOREST PRACTICE

    26 PYRLES LANE, LOUGHTON, IG10 2NH

    ODS code F81152

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bury Lane

    BCT · Epping

    0.1 miles
  • Bury Lane

    BCT · Epping

    0.2 miles
  • Tesco Store

    BCT · Epping

    0.2 miles
  • Tesco Store

    BCT · Epping

    0.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Epping

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 005D, 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

24,689 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,037,500 from 4 recorded sales in CM16 4AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Epping Forest is £536,765 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Tower School is the nearest published school at 177 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,028 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 402 events.

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