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CM7 6AY

Bocking South · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Bocking South
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 9AY 5 m
CM7 2XJ 64 m
CM7 9AZ 84 m
CM7 9BL 85 m
CM7 9AT 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 6AY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 6
Latitude
51.885676
Longitude
0.555976
British National Grid easting
576,002
British National Grid northing
223,877

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward
Bocking South · E05010367
Parish or community
E43000267
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108489
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 008B · E01021357
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 008 · E02004453

Postcode source versions

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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

    640 m

  2. John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    739 m

  3. Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    740 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,397
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,160
  • Anti social behaviour 200
  • Public order 187
  • Criminal damage and arson 163
  • Other theft 162

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    637 m

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    651 m

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    991 m

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    1.3 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

  • Old Court Hotel

    BCT · Bocking

    0.0 miles

  • Old Court Hotel

    BCT · Bocking

    0.1 miles

  • Julien Court Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.2 miles

  • Six Bells

    BCT · Bocking

    0.2 miles

  • Julien Court Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 008B, 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

14,614 of 33,755

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

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 640 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,397 published events cover 12 months, averaging 199.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,160 events.

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