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CM3 4LA

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chelmsford
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 4LD 121 m
CM3 4QR 123 m
CM3 4RN 151 m
CM3 4LB 166 m
CM3 4RL 168 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 4LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4
Latitude
51.714545
Longitude
0.594073
British National Grid easting
579,301
British National Grid northing
204,941

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
E00109579
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 016D · E01021570
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 016 · E02004500

Postcode source versions

Explore CM3

Property

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50 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Danbury Vale, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4LA 12 December 2025 £671,250
28, Danbury Vale, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4LA 23 July 2025 £725,000
48, Danbury Vale, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4LA 3 June 2025 £742,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Heathcote School

    Other independent school

    948 m

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km

  3. Danbury Park Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
215
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 104
  • Public order 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Burglary 15
  • Other theft 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
108

59 female, 49 male

Postcode households
42
Residents per household
2.6
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

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM3 4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • BEACON HEALTH GROUP-DANBURY MEDICAL CTR

    52 MALDON ROAD, DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4QL

    ODS code F81100

    507 m

  • GREENWOOD AND WYNCROFT SURGERY

    3 PRIORY ROAD, BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4EY

    ODS code F81674

    2.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Runsell Green

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles

  • Runsell Green

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Danbury

    0.3 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Danbury

    0.3 miles

  • Eves Corner

    BCT · Danbury

    0.5 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.

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
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
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 £645,000 from 8 recorded sales in CM3 4LA. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heathcote School is the nearest published school at 948 m.

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

Recorded crime

215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 104 events.

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