Property market
The five-year median is £366,699 from 4,825 recorded sales in CM2. 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.
CM2
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,815
- Current units
- 1,314
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 14
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 501
Postcode sectors in CM2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
37,448 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 28, Navigation Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6HE | 28 July 2026 | £290,000 |
| 40c, Park View Crescent, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 8HX | 24 July 2026 | £354,000 |
| 12, Lady Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 0TG | 24 July 2026 | £480,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,180
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,725
- Shoplifting 448
- Other theft 331
- Anti social behaviour 325
- Public order 265
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM2 usual residents
- 61,042
- Age-profile population
- 61,590
Age bands in CM2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
10,472 residents
6,150 residents
17,067 residents
16,212 residents
11,689 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 1,296 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%
1,213 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,029 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY
LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ
ODS code F81114
BEAUCHAMP HOUSE
37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB
ODS code F81083
CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY
ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST
ODS code F81665
NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC
2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF
ODS code Y02611
SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY
115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY
ODS code F81117
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,180 published events cover 12 months, averaging 348.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,725 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.