CM3 1PS

Boreham and The Leighs · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chelmsford
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 1PT 512 m
CM3 1FS 584 m
CM3 1FR 605 m
CM3 1NT 629 m
CM3 1PR 637 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 1PS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 1
Latitude
51.829958
Longitude
0.520422
British National Grid easting
573,770
British National Grid northing
217,596

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Parish or community
E04003958
Westminster constituency
North West Essex · E14001402
Output area
E00180517
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 001A · E01021538
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 001 · E02004485

Postcode source versions

Explore CM3

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Blue Barns, Gubbions Green, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1PS 14 December 2023 £1,050,000
Sandylay House, Gubbions Green, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1PS 23 November 2022 £1,550,000
Blue Barns Bungalow, Gubbions Green, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, CM3 1PS 23 March 2017 £18,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Great Leighs Primary School

    Community school

    871 m
  2. White Court School

    Community school

    3.3 km
  3. Notley Green Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
146
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 66
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Vehicle crime 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

14 female, 19 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.8
CM3 1 residents
5,890

Age bands in CM3 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.7%

1,133 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

639 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

1,328 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.2%

1,769 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,186 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM3 1 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
25%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
25%
Gigabit-capable
25%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Dog & Partridge

    BCT · Great Leighs

    0.5 miles
  • Shimbrooks

    BCT · Great Leighs

    0.5 miles
  • Dog & Partridge

    BCT · Great Leighs

    0.5 miles
  • Main Road

    BCT · Great Leighs

    0.5 miles
  • Main Road

    BCT · Great Leighs

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 001A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,527 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £1,300,000 from 2 recorded sales in CM3 1PS. 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.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Great Leighs Primary School is the nearest published school at 871 m.

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

Recorded crime

146 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.

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