Property market
The five-year median is £400,000 from 1,239 recorded sales in CM77. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Braintree is £330,637 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.
CM77
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 535
- Current units
- 462
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 73
Postcode sectors in CM77
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,181 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Elder Field, Great Notley, Braintree, CM77 7TZ | 24 July 2026 | £285,000 |
| 6, Washall Drive, Braintree, CM77 7GF | 20 July 2026 | £690,000 |
| 59, Ragley Close, Great Notley, Braintree, CM77 7XP | 20 July 2026 | £345,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 655
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 288
- Other theft 63
- Anti social behaviour 60
- Public order 53
- Criminal damage and arson 52
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM77 usual residents
- 15,875
- Age-profile population
- 15,442
Age bands in CM77
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
2,717 residents
1,786 residents
3,477 residents
4,604 residents
2,858 residents
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 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 453 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
391 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 344 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 5 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
655 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 288 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.