CM7 1LB

Braintree West · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 1FS 46 m
CM7 1GB 51 m
CM7 1FT 54 m
CM7 1GZ 54 m
CM7 1JS 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 1LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 1
Latitude
51.877060
Longitude
0.548556
British National Grid easting
575,525
British National Grid northing
222,901

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E43000267
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108525
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 009D · E01021365
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 009 · E02004454

Postcode source versions

Explore CM7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

    Voluntary aided school

    635 m
  2. St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    684 m
  3. John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    967 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,404
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,153
  • Anti social behaviour 194
  • Public order 180
  • Shoplifting 175
  • Criminal damage and arson 162

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM7 1 residents
9,786

Age bands in CM7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,789 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,008 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.3%

2,785 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

2,434 residents

Age 65 and over
18.5%

1,820 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM7 1 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+
7.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
7.7%
Gigabit-capable
7.7%
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

4

within 5 km

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    495 m

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    555 m

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    795 m

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    1.7 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

  • Rue De Jeunes

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.0 miles
  • Rue De Jeunes

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Clare Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Kenworthy Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco West Store

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 009D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,865 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree is the nearest published school at 635 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,404 published events cover 12 months, averaging 200.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,153 events.

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