CM7 8DX

Silver End & Cressing · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM77 8DX 4 m
CM77 8PX 83 m
CM77 8FF 435 m
CM77 8DY 700 m
CM77 8DW 715 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM7 8DX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2001
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM7
Postcode sector
CM7 8
Latitude
51.866579
Longitude
0.601320
British National Grid easting
579,198
British National Grid northing
221,864

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Parish or community
E04003892
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00108605
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 012E · E01021380
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 012 · E02004457

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. Cressing Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. Beckers Green Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Alec Hunter Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
210
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 83
  • Public order 29
  • Vehicle crime 20
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 19

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SILVER END SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, BROADWAY, SILVER END, WITHAM, CM8 3RQ

    ODS code Y05023

    2.7 km

  • BLYTH'S MEADOW SURGERY

    TRINOVANTIAN WAY, BRAINTREE, CM7 3JN

    ODS code F81683

    3.1 km

  • MOUNT CHAMBERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    92 COGGESHALL ROAD, BRAINTREE, CM7 9BY

    ODS code F81087

    3.6 km

  • CHURCH LANE SURGERY

    BRAINTREE COLLEGE, CHURCH LANE, BRAINTREE, CM7 5SN

    ODS code F81014

    4.1 km

  • BLANDFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACE AVENUE, BRAINTREE, CM7 2AE

    ODS code F81132

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Newlands Cottage

    BCT · Cressing

    0.5 miles
  • Newlands Cottage

    BCT · Cressing

    0.5 miles
  • Three Ashes

    BCT · Cressing

    0.5 miles
  • Three Ashes

    BCT · Cressing

    0.6 miles
  • Jeffrey's Road

    BCT · Cressing

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 012E, 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

13,436 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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. Cressing Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

210 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 83 events.

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