CM7 7SP

Bocking South · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM7 2SP 36 m
CM7 2TG 63 m
CM7 2QX 81 m
CM7 2TX 99 m
CM7 2TF 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 7SP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 7
Latitude
51.880910
Longitude
0.543514
British National Grid easting
575,163
British National Grid northing
223,317

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
E00108488
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 008C · E01021358
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
18
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

    Voluntary aided school

    369 m
  2. St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    471 m
  3. John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    525 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,116
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,026
  • Anti social behaviour 187
  • Public order 164
  • Criminal damage and arson 145
  • Shoplifting 139

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 straight-line

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    280 m

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    731 m

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    1.2 km

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    1.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Peel Crescent

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Tabor High School

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • Peel Crescent

    BCT · Braintree

    0.1 miles
  • St Michael's

    BCT · Braintree

    0.2 miles
  • Aetheric Road

    BCT · Braintree

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 008C, 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

10,826 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree is the nearest published school at 369 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,116 published events cover 12 months, averaging 176.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,026 events.

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