Property market
The five-year median is £325,000 from 3,426 recorded sales in CM8. 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.
CM8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,246
- Current units
- 924
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 322
Postcode sectors in CM8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,192 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freeland House, Maldon Road, Witham, CM8 2AB | 24 July 2026 | £650,000 |
| 17, Cherry Tree Rise, Witham, CM8 2LP | 21 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| 17, Christina Road, Witham, CM8 1NR | 17 July 2026 | £270,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,628
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,218
- Anti social behaviour 249
- Other theft 200
- Public order 197
- Criminal damage and arson 189
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CM8 usual residents
- 35,665
- Age-profile population
- 35,459
Age bands in CM8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- 6,525 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 3,558 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.1%
- 9,966 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- 8,820 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
- 6,590 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 894 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%
In this district, 843 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 652 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
COLLINGWOOD ROAD SURGERY
40 COLLINGWOOD ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2DZ
ODS code F81635
DOUGLAS GROVE SURGERY
DOUGLAS GROVE, WITHAM, CM8 1TE
ODS code F81173
FERN HOUSE SURGERY
FERN HOUSE, 125-129 NEWLAND STREET, WITHAM, CM8 1BH
ODS code F81030
SILVER END SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, BROADWAY, SILVER END, WITHAM, CM8 3RQ
ODS code Y05023
WITHAM HEALTH CENTRE
4 MAYLAND ROAD, WITHAM, CM8 2UX
ODS code F81193
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,628 published events cover 12 months, averaging 219 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,218 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.