CM2 8YR

Great Baddow West · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM2 8YT 2 m
CM2 8YU 79 m
CM2 8EY 103 m
CM2 8DP 179 m
CM2 8DR 194 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM2 8YR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 June 2003
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM2
Postcode sector
CM2 8
Latitude
51.711109
Longitude
0.488096
British National Grid easting
571,994
British National Grid northing
204,304

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Parish or community
E04013170
Westminster constituency
Chelmsford · E14001159
Output area
E00109560
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
29
Secondary
8
  1. Great Baddow High School

    Academy converter

    307 m
  2. Larkrise Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    471 m
  3. Beehive Lane Community Primary School

    Community school

    507 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,137
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 478
  • Anti social behaviour 102
  • Vehicle crime 94
  • Other theft 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 89

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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY

    LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ

    ODS code F81114

    1.4 km

  • SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY

    115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY

    ODS code F81117

    1.7 km

  • BEAUCHAMP HOUSE

    37 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 0DB

    ODS code F81083

    2.2 km

  • WHITLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    CROMPTON BLD, WRITTLE ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3RW

    ODS code F81057

    2.8 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    2.9 km

  • RIVERMEAD GATE MED.CTR.

    123 RECTORY LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1TR

    ODS code F81071

    3.5 km

  • NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC

    2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF

    ODS code Y02611

    4.7 km

  • CHELMER MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    20 MERLIN PLACE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 4HW

    ODS code F81122

    4.7 km

  • THE WRITTLE SURGERY

    16A LORDSHIP ROAD, WRITTLE, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3EH

    ODS code F81098

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Readers Corner

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles
  • Galleywood Road

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles
  • Readers Corner

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.1 miles
  • Noakes Avenue South

    BCT · Great Baddow

    0.2 miles
  • Duffield Road

    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 29 primary and 8 secondary schools. Great Baddow High School is the nearest published school at 307 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,137 published events cover 12 months, averaging 94.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 478 events.

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