Property market
The five-year median is £312,000 from 4,309 recorded sales in CM7. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.
CM7
UK postcode district
Part of Braintree
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,999
- Current units
- 1,349
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 18
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,650
Postcode sectors in CM7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
31,216 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 51, Mount Road, Braintree, CM7 3JA | 30 July 2026 | £260,000 |
| 3, Keeble Way, Braintree, CM7 3JX | 23 July 2026 | £175,000 |
| 1, Marlin Court, Braintree, CM7 1FU | 17 July 2026 | £375,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,871
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,739
- Shoplifting 343
- Anti social behaviour 316
- Public order 289
- Other theft 283
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM7 usual residents
- 50,973
- Age-profile population
- 51,353
Age bands in CM7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- 9,163 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 5,262 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- 13,430 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- 13,685 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
- 9,813 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,282 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,194 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,010 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 19 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE
ODS code F81132
BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY
TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN
ODS code F81683
CHURCH LANE SURGERY
BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN
ODS code F81014
MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE
92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY
ODS code F81087
THE FRESHFORD PRACTICE
WETHERSFIELD ROAD, FINCHINGFIELD, BRAINTREE, CM7 4BQ
ODS code F81020
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,871 published events cover 12 months, averaging 323 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,739 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.