CM3 4BF

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 4FL 358 m
CM3 4BE 449 m
CM3 4BD 667 m
CM3 4BG 738 m
CM3 4BA 780 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 4BF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4
Latitude
51.743035
Longitude
0.549332
British National Grid easting
576,100
British National Grid northing
208,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Parish or community
E04003962
Westminster constituency
Maldon · E14001351
Output area
E00109584
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 005D · E01021568
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 005 · E02004489

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. Boreham Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  2. Elm Green Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    1.9 km
  3. Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
50
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Other crime 6
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM3 4 residents
9,355

Age bands in CM3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,484 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

942 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,654 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,777 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,536 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE LAURELS SURGERY

    JUNIPER ROAD, BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3DX

    ODS code F81149

    1.8 km

  • NORTH CHELMSFORD NHS HCC

    2 WHITE HART LANE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 5EF

    ODS code Y02611

    2.8 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    3.2 km

  • BEACON HEALTH GROUP-DANBURY MEDICAL CTR

    52 MALDON ROAD, DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4QL

    ODS code F81100

    3.9 km

  • BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY

    LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ

    ODS code F81114

    4.1 km

  • SUTHERLAND LODGE SURGERY

    115 BADDOW ROAD, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7PY

    ODS code F81117

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • St Andrew Church

    BCT · Boreham

    1.0 miles
  • St Andrew Church

    BCT · Boreham

    1.0 miles
  • Butterfield Road

    BCT · Boreham

    1.2 miles
  • Haselfoot Rd

    BCT · Boreham

    1.2 miles
  • Butterfield Road

    BCT · Boreham

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 005D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,894 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Boreham Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

50 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.

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