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CM7 6BS

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 2QH 11 m
CM7 2QA 16 m
CM7 2DY 59 m
CM7 2DL 65 m
CM7 1UG 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 6BS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 6
Latitude
51.879722
Longitude
0.549797
British National Grid easting
575,600
British National Grid northing
223,200

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
E00108533
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 009D · E01021365
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 009 · E02004454

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

    360 m

  2. John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    716 m

  3. St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    790 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,426
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,174
  • Anti social behaviour 207
  • Public order 181
  • Shoplifting 169
  • Criminal damage and arson 166

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

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    292 m

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    608 m

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    765 m

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    1.4 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

  • Panfield Lane

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.0 miles

  • Aetheric Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles

  • Aetheric Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles

  • Blyth's Meadow

    BCT · Braintree Town Centre

    0.1 miles

  • Rue De Jeunes

    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.

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 360 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,426 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,174 events.

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