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CM3 4JS

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon
Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 4LH 132 m
CM3 4NR 197 m
CM3 4JG 236 m
CM3 4JF 238 m
CM3 4LE 268 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 4JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4
Latitude
51.709392
Longitude
0.594864
British National Grid easting
579,376
British National Grid northing
204,370

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Electoral ward
Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon · E05004105
Parish or community
E04003954
Westminster constituency
Maldon · E14001351
Output area
E00109565
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 016D · E01021570
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 016 · E02004500

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
0

  1. Heathcote School

    Other independent school

    1.3 km

  2. St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km

  3. Priory Primary School, Bicknacre

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
227
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 112
  • Public order 18
  • Burglary 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Vehicle crime 13

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

2

within 5 km

  • BEACON HEALTH GROUP-DANBURY MEDICAL CTR

    52 MALDON ROAD, DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4QL

    ODS code F81100

    954 m

  • GREENWOOD AND WYNCROFT SURGERY

    3 PRIORY ROAD, BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4EY

    ODS code F81674

    2.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Runsell Green

    BCT · Danbury

    0.5 miles

  • Runsell Green

    BCT · Danbury

    0.5 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Danbury

    0.5 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Danbury

    0.6 miles

  • The Royal Oak

    BCT · Woodham Mortimer

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 016D, 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

29,064 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heathcote School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

227 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 112 events.

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