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CM7 6BU

Bocking Blackwater · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 9BU 10 m
CM7 9JR 60 m
CM7 9BJ 76 m
CM7 9BN 86 m
CM7 9YH 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 6BU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 6
Latitude
51.884154
Longitude
0.558563
British National Grid easting
576,186
British National Grid northing
223,714

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward
Bocking Blackwater · E05010365
Parish or community
E43000267
Westminster constituency
Braintree · E14001121
Output area
E00108461
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 009A · E01021350
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. Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    576 m

  2. Great Bradfords Junior School

    Community school

    576 m

  3. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

    Voluntary aided school

    746 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,456
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,179
  • Anti social behaviour 207
  • Public order 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 172
  • Other theft 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

    562 m

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    787 m

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    809 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

    0.1 miles

  • Old Court Hotel

    BCT · Bocking

    0.1 miles

  • Julien Court Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles

  • Julien Court Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles

  • Rutland Gardens

    BCT · Braintree

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 009A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,091 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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. Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 576 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,456 published events cover 12 months, averaging 204.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,179 events.

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