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CM2 8FT

Great Baddow West · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Great Baddow West
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM2 8EZ 3 m
CM2 8DT 54 m
CM2 8EH 88 m
CM2 8EN 97 m
CM2 8DS 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM2 8FT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2000
Terminated
1 July 2001
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8
Latitude
51.714759
Longitude
0.494478
British National Grid easting
572,421
British National Grid northing
204,725

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Electoral ward
Great Baddow West · E05015472
Parish or community
E04013170
Westminster constituency
Chelmsford · E14001159
Output area
E00109547
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 014D · E01021566
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 014 · E02004498

Postcode source versions

Explore CM2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
28
Secondary
8

  1. Larkrise Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    246 m

  2. Woodcroft Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    310 m

  3. Octavia House Schools, Essex

    Other independent special school

    487 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,063
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 447
  • Anti social behaviour 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Other theft 85
  • Vehicle crime 82

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM2 8 residents
15,138

Age bands in CM2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

2,459 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,438 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

3,536 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

4,215 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

3,681 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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY

    LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ

    ODS code F81114

    805 m

  • SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY

    115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY

    ODS code F81117

    1.5 km

  • BEAUCHAMP HOUSE

    37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB

    ODS code F81083

    2.1 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    2.4 km

  • WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW

    ODS code F81057

    3.0 km

  • RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.

    123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR

    ODS code F81071

    3.3 km

  • NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC

    2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF

    ODS code Y02611

    4.1 km

  • CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW

    ODS code F81122

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Noakes Avenue North

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • Gowers Avenue

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • Readers Court

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • Bells Chase

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles

  • Rothmans Avenue

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 014D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,523 of 33,755

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

52 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 8 secondary schools. Larkrise Primary School is the nearest published school at 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,063 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 447 events.

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