Property market
The five-year median is £442,250 from 4,336 recorded sales in CM3. 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.
CM3
UK postcode district
Part of Chelmsford and Braintree
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,180
- Current units
- 1,588
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 20
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 592
Postcode sectors in CM3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
31,006 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 35, Spencer Court, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5WQ | 28 July 2026 | £277,500 |
| 4, Harvest Close, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5XR | 27 July 2026 | £377,500 |
| 90, Tallow Gate, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5RX | 24 July 2026 | £205,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 28
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,807
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,225
- Criminal damage and arson 238
- Anti social behaviour 224
- Other theft 192
- Vehicle crime 187
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM3 usual residents
- 56,126
- Age-profile population
- 55,823
Age bands in CM3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- 9,285 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 5,649 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- 12,234 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- 16,065 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.6%
- 12,590 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 1,560 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%
In this district, 1,345 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 955 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 22 postcode units 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
in this district
BEACON HEALTH GROUP-DANBURY MEDICAL CTR
52 MALDON ROAD, DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4QL
ODS code F81100
GREENWOOD AND WYNCROFT SURGERY
3 PRIORY ROAD, BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4EY
ODS code F81674
KINGSWAY SURGERY
CROUCH VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, BURNHAM ROAD, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS, CHELMSFORD, CM3 5QP
ODS code F81170
LITTLE WALTHAM & GT NOTLEY SURGERY
30 BROOK HILL, LITTLE WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3LL
ODS code F81105
THE LAURELS SURGERY
JUNIPER ROAD, BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3DX
ODS code F81149
THE TRINITY MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 THE DRIVE, MAYLAND, CHELMSFORD, CM3 6AB
ODS code F81751
Evidence in context
Schools
28 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,807 published events cover 12 months, averaging 234 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,225 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.