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CM8 3GH

Silver End & Cressing · Braintree · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Silver End & Cressing
Local authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM8 3FX 50 m
CM8 3GG 71 m
CM8 3FN 74 m
CM8 3FY 80 m
CM8 3FL 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM8 3GH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM8
Postcode sector
CM8 3
Latitude
51.851166
Longitude
0.623926
British National Grid easting
580,816
British National Grid northing
220,206

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Braintree · E07000067
Electoral ward
Silver End & Cressing · E05012965
Parish or community
E04003926
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00188125
Lower layer super output area
Braintree 012B · E01021361
Middle layer super output area
Braintree 012 · E02004457

Postcode source versions

Explore CM8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Silver End Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    838 m

  2. Cressing Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
285
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 141
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Other theft 23
  • Public order 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
CM8 3 residents
7,333

Age bands in CM8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,427 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

738 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,969 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,113 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,754 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM8 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • SILVER END SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y05023

    529 m

  • THE COGGESHALL SURGERY

    STONEHAM ST, COGGESHALL, COLCHESTER, CO6 1UH

    ODS code F81730

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Wood Grove

    BCT · Silver End

    0.0 miles

  • Wood Grove

    BCT · Silver End

    0.1 miles

  • Boars Tye Road

    BCT · Silver End

    0.1 miles

  • Boars Tye Road

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles

  • Silver Street

    BCT · Silver End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Braintree 012B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,673 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Silver End Academy is the nearest published school at 838 m.

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

Recorded crime

285 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.

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