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CM7 5ZL

Bocking North · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bocking North
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 5YZ 48 m
CM7 5YR 68 m
CM7 5YD 92 m
CM7 5ZE 92 m
CM7 5YG 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 5ZL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 5
Latitude
51.898553
Longitude
0.539030
British National Grid easting
574,786
British National Grid northing
225,268

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward
Bocking North · E05010366
Parish or community
E43000267
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00173988
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 007D · E01021355
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 007 · E02004452

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
14
Secondary
3

  1. The Edith Borthwick School

    Community special school

    1.2 km

  2. Bocking Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Tabor Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
500
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 230
  • Other theft 45
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 38
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    1.5 km

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    2.2 km

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    2.3 km

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    2.8 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

  • Towerlands Leisure Centre

    BCT · Bocking

    0.3 miles

  • Towerlands Leisure Centre

    BCT · Bocking

    0.3 miles

  • Church End

    BCT · Panfield

    0.3 miles

  • Church End

    BCT · Panfield

    0.3 miles

  • Churchill Road

    BCT · Bocking

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 007D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,692 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. The Edith Borthwick School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

500 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.667 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.