CM7 3JH

Braintree Central & Beckers Green · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Braintree
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 9ER 72 m
CM7 3JQ 99 m
CM7 3JX 103 m
CM7 3JW 112 m
CM7 9EP 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 3JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 3
Latitude
51.879598
Longitude
0.561298
British National Grid easting
576,392
British National Grid northing
223,214

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
E00108514
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 009F · E01033459
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 009 · E02004454

Postcode source versions

Explore CM7

51 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
58, Albert Road, Braintree, CM7 3JH 27 March 2025 £275,000
59, Albert Road, Braintree, CM7 3JH 22 January 2025 £280,000
62, Albert Road, Braintree, CM7 3JH 8 September 2023 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    740 m
  2. Great Bradfords Junior School

    Community school

    740 m
  3. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

    Voluntary aided school

    983 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,970
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,353
  • Shoplifting 317
  • Anti social behaviour 228
  • Public order 224
  • Other theft 196

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
87

46 female, 41 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.4
CM7 3 residents
11,085

Age bands in CM7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

2,208 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,261 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.8%

3,478 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

2,815 residents

Age 65 and over
13.4%

1,516 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM7 3 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+
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%

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 straight-line

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    285 m

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    502 m

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    1.3 km

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    1.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Albert Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Albert Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Street

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Street

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.1 miles
  • Four Seasons

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 009F, 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

11,828 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £275,000 from 5 recorded sales in CM7 3JH. 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.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 740 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,970 published events cover 12 months, averaging 247.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,353 events.

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