CM6 3YP

Great Dunmow South & Barnston · Uttlesford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM6 3YD 31 m
CM6 3YF 67 m
CM6 3AU 68 m
CM6 3BA 85 m
CM6 3YG 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM6 3YP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM6
Postcode sector
CM6 3
Latitude
51.874909
Longitude
0.372752
British National Grid easting
563,433
British National Grid northing
222,253

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Uttlesford · E07000077
Parish or community
E04012937
Westminster constituency
North West Essex · E14001402
Output area
E00112137
Lower layer super output area
Uttlesford 008D · E01022069
Middle layer super output area
Uttlesford 008 · E02004598

Postcode source versions

Explore CM6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Cambian Great Dunmow School

    Other independent special school

    974 m
  2. Dunmow St Mary's Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km
  3. Helena Romanes School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
543
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 230
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Public order 41
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM6 3 residents
8,553

Age bands in CM6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

1,600 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

990 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,754 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,268 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,425 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
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

  • ANGEL LANE SURGERY

    ANGEL LANE, DUNMOW, CM6 1AQ

    ODS code F81090

    774 m

  • JOHN TASKER HOUSE SURGERY

    JOHN TASKER HOUSE, 56 NEW STREET, DUNMOW, CM6 1BH

    ODS code F81118

    840 m

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

  • St Edmunds Lane

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.1 miles
  • St Edmunds Lane

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.2 miles
  • St Edmunds Lane

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.2 miles
  • The Avenue

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.4 miles
  • The Broadway

    BCT · Great Dunmow

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Uttlesford 008D, 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

30,208 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
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

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cambian Great Dunmow School is the nearest published school at 974 m.

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

Recorded crime

543 published events cover 12 months, averaging 45.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 230 events.

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