CM7 5RY

Bocking North · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 5RS 50 m
CM7 5TQ 55 m
CM7 5TE 81 m
CM7 5TG 99 m
CM7 5TD 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 5RY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 5
Latitude
51.894599
Longitude
0.546351
British National Grid easting
575,305
British National Grid northing
224,846

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
E00108475
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 008A · E01021354
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 008 · E02004453

Postcode source versions

Explore CM7

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Winston Close, Braintree, CM7 5RY 25 October 2018 £238,000
5, Winston Close, Braintree, CM7 5RY 17 November 2017 £260,000
3, Winston Close, Braintree, CM7 5RY 18 April 2008 £176,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. The Edith Borthwick School

    Community special school

    866 m
  2. John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. Tabor Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
868
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 429
  • Anti social behaviour 86
  • Other theft 70
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Public order 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
CM7 5 residents
9,555

Age bands in CM7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,510 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

916 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

2,151 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

2,673 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

2,206 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM7 5 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

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    820 m

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    1.7 km

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    1.8 km

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    2.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Oakley Road

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles
  • Oakley Road

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles
  • Clavering Road

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles
  • Clavering Road

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles
  • Towerlands Leisure Centre

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 008A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,852 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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
3
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. The Edith Borthwick School is the nearest published school at 866 m.

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

Recorded crime

868 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 429 events.

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