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CM3 6RP

Purleigh · Maldon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chelmsford
Ward
Purleigh
Local authority
Maldon
Constituency
Maldon
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 6RR 304 m
CM3 6FR 396 m
CM3 6GN 428 m
CM3 6UA 439 m
CM3 6QA 444 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 6RP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 6
Latitude
51.673209
Longitude
0.657698
British National Grid easting
583,863
British National Grid northing
200,503

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Maldon · E07000074
Electoral ward
Purleigh · E05004201
Parish or community
E04004045
Westminster constituency
Maldon · E14001351
Output area
E00111249
Lower layer super output area
Maldon 007F · E01021902
Middle layer super output area
Maldon 007 · E02004561

Postcode source versions

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Property

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Hackmans Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, CM3 6RP 11 April 2025 £855,000
Great Canney Court, Flat 10, Hackmans Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, CM3 6RP 31 March 2025 £230,000
Great Canney Court, Flat 9, Hackmans Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, CM3 6RP 4 March 2025 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Cold Norton Primary School

    Community school

    823 m

  2. Purleigh Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  3. Woodville Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
45
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Other theft 5
  • Drugs 4
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
40

18 female, 22 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.2
CM3 6 residents
9,994

Age bands in CM3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

1,399 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,051 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,849 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

3,209 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

2,507 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM3 6 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
4.8%

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • KINGSWAY SURGERY

    CROUCH VALE MEDICAL CENTRE, BURNHAM ROAD, SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS, CHELMSFORD, CM3 5QP

    ODS code F81170

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Stow Road

    BCT · Cold Norton

    0.2 miles

  • Stow Road

    BCT · Cold Norton

    0.2 miles

  • Latchingdon Road

    BCT · Cold Norton

    0.2 miles

  • Latchingdon Road

    BCT · Cold Norton

    0.2 miles

  • The Street

    BCT · Stow Maries

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maldon 007F, 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

24,361 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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 £250,000 from 9 recorded sales in CM3 6RP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maldon is £384,348 in June 2026, up 0.4% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cold Norton Primary School is the nearest published school at 823 m.

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

Recorded crime

45 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

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